A Place Of Grace

As I realized we would be honoring our graduates this Sunday, I looked ahead to where I would be in the book of Revelation curious what I would be preaching on… and noticed it would be the topic of ETERNITY . At first I thought, “ Well , that’s a heavy subject matter ” but as I thought about it more…

The late Charles Dickens begins his novel “Christmas Carol” with these opening words: Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. … Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail. … There is no doubt that Marley was dead. This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can…

The role of PARENTING is under attack these days. BOTH roles of Father and Mother are vital roles and both in our society have recieved pointed attacks. The war rages more and more each day! Europe has already relegated these roles to (Parent 1 and Parent 2). The family institution (Father, Mother, Child,…

Communion Jesus shared with His disciples that we are to remember Him as often as we come together… this is done when the bread is broken, the cup is drank. He left us beautiful pictures to look back and remember: His body broken for you and me His blood shed for the atonement for our sin This is also…

Jesus defeated sin and death at the cross. We had the blessed celebration of that last week. Jesus would say That “ God so loved the world He gave His only Son ” Because of this, Jesus as He ascended into Heaven would declare. “ Go into all the world and make disciples ” But Jesus would also warn His…

The book of Acts records for us that the apostles were sharing Jesus Christ risen from the dead and because of Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection… there was forgiveness of sin! The religious leaders were not happy with this message that they were spreading… and wanted to stop them! One of them however…

An amazing week was coming to a close, Jesus had taught such a great deal, declared so many amazing things. NOW … it was passover, the greatest of all Jewish Feast and Celebrations!!! Jesus had celebrated with His disciples this occasion before but He was specially looking forward to this one. The Meal…

I Have a “ God Box ” … I made mine small, bright so it would grab my attention, I even labeled it so I would know and remember. Some of you are judging me right now Some of you are thinking, “My box is much bigger” Some of you are wondering, “why so small?” Some of you are thinking, “I don’t put God…

During my trips to Africa I experienced worship a little different than we engage in worship here… I recall one of the songs we sang was over ten minutes long! In that song they sang about all they were grateful to God for. One of the ladies in one church gave me a CD they had made of their worship songs……

There has been a real struggle since I stated this series. Please pray for me, it is sometimes daily, but consistently weekly… MY WIFE keeps referring to this book we have grown to love and have been studying together as REVELATION (S) … the struggle is real and I have come to the conclusion she is doing…

We zoomed in from the large panning of the global wrath of God to focus in on some details and key individuals of this tribulation period. We observed the cosmic conflict that has raged over time between the WOMAN Israel, The DRAGON Satan himself, and the MALE CHILD Christ Himself. God sent His Two Witnesses…

Our Labrador will do everything in her power to run and jump in a pond, lake, or river. She loves the rain and snow, sprinklers are a fun toy for her… YET , you mention the word “ BATH ” and her ears go back, her tail goes between her legs and she does all she can to hide. It is a similar impression…

Apocalypse… Jesus Christ As we continue our study through Revelation we are continuing to discover more and more about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As we look at chapter twelve today we will step back and observe the end times from another perspective. We begin to look closer at some of the individuals…

Today many churches across the world will quote THESE WORDS to some degree or extent… they have been declared nearly 2000 years... They bring comfort and They challenge us They draw our focus to look within They challenge our motives They cause us to want in this life what God has in heaven They call…

I have watched movies where they will pan across a scene, truthfully there is often too much to take in as the shot continues to pan. As you begin to get the impact of the magnitude the lens begin to zoom in and focus on particular characters crucial to the overall plot. With the backdrop of the larger…

Psalm 119:11 Your word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against You. Psalm 19:9-10 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the Lord are true; they are righteous altogether. They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and…

Joshua as he leads the people of Israel into the land for which God had promised them, puts before the people a choice after reminding them of ALL GOD HAS DONE… Joshua 24:15 “If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord , choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which…

The seven churches receiving this letter of Revelation have observed The Lamb take the scroll as the ONLY One worthy... Six of its seals have been pealed back Angels have been instructed to wait for the sealing of the 144,000 They have observed the multitude of saints who have died and stand before the…

As we closed out Chapter 6 peeling back the sixth seal … those running from God shake their fist crying out… “ who is able to stand? ” Chapter 7 takes the reader to an interlude as we find the answer to the question of “ who is able to stand ”… Today in our reading we will look at: 2 Different Scenes…

Christmas morning in our home consist of waking up, enjoying a fun breakfast of strawberry crepes, the reading of the Christmas story from Luke’s gospel, prayer and then the opening of gifts… Combined Emotions of: Expectation Excitement Discovery as the paper is torn back Wonder & Awe filled with gratitude…

We gave our kids a vacation years ago that cost a great deal of money. Our kids loved it. It was only a few weeks later after coming home that they said we needed to go again, not realizing the great cost. Years later we would go again, but this time we strived to help them understand the true value……