A Place Of Grace

The Church… to this I am referring to the people of God. Those who have placed thier faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ, trusting in Him for thier salvation. To those followers of Christ, it is Christ who is building His church, drawing to Himself those who are lost in sin. Scripture at various…

A new family walks into the church. They are new to town, they have a few kids elementary age and one teenager… WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR? A newly retired couple walks through the doors on a Sunday morning. Excited about this new stage of life... WHAT DO THEY HOPE FOR IN A CHURCH? A young single newly…

As the oldest of six children, you may be shocked to know that I was (sometimes, ok maybe frequently) the reason for disagreements among us siblings! As oldest I should decide… I knew best… or I didn't want to… You get the picture… and each time my mother would direct me to a passage of scripture ( read,…

Good health is not always indicated by the absence of disease, some infirmity, or negative conditions in one’s life. Good health can also refer to what is present and observed. An area in the believer’s life that can be observed and serve as a VITAL SIGN of their spiritual health is prayer. Frequent…

“Context, Context, Context…” our youth give me a hard time because I say this so often. I also often say of our youth… “our youth are not the church of tomorrow, but rather the church of today!” Imagine saying something so frequently people use the statement “ Remember what Jesus would always say...…

As we look at these CRORE Concepts for the Church… you will begin to notice how many of these Concepts overlap. Christ is building His Church, and instruction in scripture is interwoven together to build a strong, healthy church body. IF we are to be strong and healthy, THEN there needs to be healthy…

There was a statement I read the other day that bristled the hair on my neck and then I realized that it may actually be true… well, for America anyway: “ The Bible is the world’s number one best selling coffee table book ” Many coffee tables/end tables have a dust outline Sadly Christian lives and homes…

When my family moved here in 2011 we noticed a foundation that had been laid over by Wal-Mart. Not having much knowledge of the area or history we watched the foundation area in expectation and wonder of what we might see be built. And we waited, and waited and waited… Christ is building His Church……

Paul would write to the church in Romans 10:13-14 these words… and Paul ask some good questions… HOW can they believe without HEARING? HOW can they HEAR without someone TELLING or sharing with them?! Paul would write to the Ephesian church that it is the Pastor’s job to: “ EQUIP the saints for the work…

This is the last Sunday I will be sharing my heart concerning the things God really laid on my heart and challenged me with over my sabbatical. While away I definitely had my concerns for those I shepherd, I prayed faithfully for you, but God gave a peace as well. He is the One ultimately in control,…

I WAS TERRIFIED… as I stood there, a 14 year old young man, shy, and not a huge fan of doing anything upfront of people, I opened up this Bible to deliver my first sermon! There was this pastor… Charlie Hornick who was convinced I could do this. Shaking in the knees and I am sure voice as well I read…

Gratitude... Thank you for these last seven weeks of rest. I am overwhelmed by the grace and love of this church and our leadership that you allow your pastor to take a sabbatical every seven years. It was a blessed time / very restful I was able to read some books that I have desired to for some time…

Being a father and watching my children step into this phase of adulthood has given opportunity to observe the things they have learned. Some things I thought were being taught through observation I soon realized I needed to further instruct upon... Driving skills… / Filling up a gas tank!!! Some things…

Thank you… For the opportunity to take this sabbatical. I look forward to this time of refreshment and the ability to be able to focus on areas that I have wanted to give attention to. I am truly grateful that you my church family are giving me and my family this gracious blessing. Excited for our church...…

“ Everything will be ok in the end. If it’s not, it’s not the end. ” Well… we have come to the end of our study of this amazing book of Revelation. 33 sermons ago this study began, as we recognized and set the focus of our study… set forth in Revelation 1:1 “ The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God…

They say say that a picture is worth a thousand words… In our passage today, John sees somethings visually that is difficult to find words for to describe! In order for us to visualize what he is seeing John writes down for us 611 words. Johns words will immerse us in a tour given by an angel as he has…