Pastor Joel Laswell

The body of Christ--His church, will be Vibrant; physically and spiritually healthy as they live in Christ day-to-day. They will exemplify a vibrant fellowship of believers!

We have an idea that we must do some part of the work alone. We have thought that there are two or three steps that we must take without any help or support. But this is not so. The Spirit of God is continually wooing and drawing the soul to right purposes, and into harmony with the law of God... to write His law upon our heart!

By following Jesus as the Lord or Spiritual Head of your life you will begin to share in His character traits in that His righteousness becomes yours, by faith.

Sometimes while walking along a peaceful creek I come to a point where I need to cross the water and I look around for stones in the creek bed to set across the way so I can safely step over to the other side. I leave the stones for the next person who may come along this same pathway and wish to cross the water. Such stepping-stones are left as a memorial to help others in their walk and point th...

One of the ten identifying attributes of the true church is that it stands upon the foundation of truth and especially present truth, which is the Three Angels Messages that we find in Revelation chapter 14.

Throughout time there have been incredible mysteries that we have not been able to unravel. Unsolved mysteries that grab the attention of even the most casual of observers. Each of us can think of unsolved mysteries that we would like to solve. There are untold mysteries that date back to the beginning of this world but I want to speak to you about the great mystery. As Paul said to the church at...

The leaders of Israel came to Jesus and asked for a ‘sign’ that He was the Messiah and Jesus said that the ONLY sign would be the sign of Jonah. What did Jesus mean by this? What exactly is this sign?

You know, too many people fail to really grasp the blessings of a spirit filled life, because they’re too easily satisfied. They somehow believe that baptism is the object of the Christian life, and that this is everything that God wants to do for them. I tell you today that that’s only the beginning of what God wants to do for us. Too many people stop right there on the banks of baptism—they want...

We must stop looking at the temporal my friends, and look steadfastly upward to the our God and thank Him for all that He has done and is doing to save us from sin. To save us from ourselves. To bring an end to the devil and death forever. Through Jesus we can cultivate an attitude of thanks. Are you thankful to God for His love, care, mercy and grace? Are you thankful that He is constantly consid...

In Matthew 22 Jesus gives a parable about a wedding feast that parallels the last message that His church is to give to the world that is found in Revelation chapter 14--the Three Angels Messages. The call of Jesus has always been to come to the feast. To accept His gift of salvation by being born again and receive the Robe of Righteousness that only He can provide. Will we accept this gift?

There are actually a lot of ideological similarities between the American Revolutionary War, and the war in heaven but I want to talk about just one that is striking to me. And we see this same deception today and that is the "liberty" deception. The idea that satan puts forth that only by rejecting God will one have true liberty or independence. Is this true?

The Bible says that at the end of time there are going to be a lot of people who will not be ready for the return of Jesus. It will be a terrible experience when you realize that now it is too late to get ready. You either had to be ready or you will not be ready at all. When I come to the end of the road of this world whether it is for death or translation, I want to be ready to meet Jesus in pea...

If we are to have a steadfast endurance that takes us through the fiery days of temptation, we must have a confidence that God will do what He has promised to do. We must learn to trust God implicitly with all things pertaining to our life, especially when we don’t see the results that we may be expecting to see. This is what it means to have confidence… a trust that God is in control and we are o...

I want to take you on a journey back across the centuries of time to visit three very historic gardens. The story of each of these gardens is found in the Bible although their history is separated by about four thousand years. Each one has important memories of the past that speak to us today with relevant lessons for our own lives.

Paul says now is the time. It is the hour already for you to awake out of spiritual sleep. Now is the time to wake up, because we don’t have very much time left. I want to look at two main points with you—the time of the world, and the time of the church. There are several items for each and I will begin dealing with minding the time of the world.

I would like to share with you what could be the most hopeless case in the entire Bible, and that is saying a lot, for there are a lot of cases that can be shared. But I believe that if there’s hope for someone like this, then there’s hope for all of us no matter what we’ve done!

Paul warns, “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.” Colossians 2:8.I am going to be speaking about what most Christians consider a holy day--Easter, and this can be a very emotional subject for many people because we humans are steeped in traditions. Not all tradition is bad and not all...

Paul warns, “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.” Colossians 2:8. I am going to be speaking about what most Christians consider a holy day--Easter, and this can be a very emotional subject for many people because we humans are steeped in traditions. Not all tradition is bad and not all...

History is being repeated all over the world and right here in our churches. God’s people are so scattered right now that it has become easy for the enemy to sow seeds of error and discouragement and many leave spiritually from our congregations if not physically. Many are losing their first love just as Jesus said. What is the remedy for such a condition?

The basis of freedom is spiritual for it originates from God who is Spiritual. People are being enslaved because they have forgotten the Landmark of Liberty—they have forgotten God, or they have never known Him. The framers of our country were careful to guard against our ever forgetting this Landmark by placing it right there in plain view in the Declaration of Independence.

A lesson of faith and Providence found in the first Thanksgiving. Though we may not see God's hand at work in our life, by faith we believe His word and trust He will keep it.

When you take a look at the history of God's people you will find that when God sends a prophet that Satan then sends false prophets to cause great confusion. There were false prophets during the time of Moses when he was sent by God to guide the Hebrews to the promised land. There were false prophets when John the Baptist was preaching repentance and that the kingdom of God was at hand. Do you th...

It is very interesting, is it not, that Jesus told us that we can determine who are His people by discerning their fruits. One of the ten identifying attributes of the church is that it will have the gifts and bear the fruit of the Holy Spirit; and this includes the testimony of Jesus, which the bible defines as the Spirit of Prophecy. In part one of "Sending Elijah" we started looking at the part...

God gives spiritual gifts to His people and so it is one of the greatest identifying marks of God's church, especially in the last days. There is one particular part of this character trait that is a sign of the remnant church in the last days. Since we are in the last days it behooves us to know this sign as it helps to define God's people and thus His church.

One of the ten identifying attributes of the church is that it will have the gifts and bear the fruit of the Holy Spirit; this includes the testimony of Jesus (Spirit of Prophecy). We will be spending some time on this particular attribute because it is one of the greatest identifying marks of God's church in the last days.