Prepare The Way

Read the first few chapters of Exodus and you will recognize the enslavement and oppression that the people of God had to endure in Egypt. Y...

This morning I sat down to enjoy the National Prayer Summit leading into #GC19 and I had difficulty concentrating. Three things are keeping ...

I went to lunch today. At the moment I walked in the individual working was already complaining to a customer. . She was hurried and rude as...

We are in an all out war. We are facing an enemy that has spent centuries on this earth deceiving and distorting. This enemy wants to stea...

There I was, lying in an open field, surrounded by the freshly cut hay. I could feel the rough grass under my bare legs and the itch of dozo...

From The Captivating Pressnce by Albert Edward Day When we say that God is holy, we are not naming an attribute among many others such as l...

The Apostle Paul writes to the church in Ephesians 3:14-19  For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven ...

  The Holy Spirit is not a spark that is ignited on a Sunday morning and quickly dies out.  The Holy Spirit must be a flame that burns dee...

I'm not really sure how my bedtime conversation with our 10, 8, and 6 year-olds tonight turned to dictators, Kim Jong-Il, and the presen...

I went to an elementary school basketball game the other night. As the game began I realized, very quickly, that the students on our tea...

The other night my wife and I were talking and we began to talk about the kids and the school year ahead. This school year has us - and them...

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about a...

I sometimes feel like my children have more faith than I do.  Friday morning I was on my way home with my two sons - one five, the other sev...

Everyone else in the family is asleep at this hour. I just flipped through some channels and found nothing good on television this evening. ...

This morning, as I walked through the church building, and into the Sanctuary - considering all of the planning, praying, and preparing that...

This weekend I have the honor of officiating a good friend's wedding (whether she considers me a good friend or simply a friend by assoc...

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. (Psalm 19:1)  Currently I am preaching a sermon series ...

I recently began asking these three questions to my children before we pray at night:  What do you want to thank God for? What do you need t...

I was reading through John 15 this morning.  Jesus is speaking to His disciples and the chapter begins with an illustration of His - a vine ...

It's cold - really cold - outside! If you are not able to get out in the cold and experience the community of our Wednesday morning Bib...