You will become what you worship. I’m not talking about singing a few songs or saying prayer or two. You and I were made to worship, and our hearts will exalt something to the place of supremacy. What happens is that our lives will become an image of that which we place as supreme in […]
I mentioned Sunday that I would write a blog on this. But even as I do, I write it with a bit of fear and trembling. My goal here is not to show how we are right and someone else is wrong. I actually have many friends and people that I highly respect in the […]
This story is almost like an ancient soap opera. It might be As Israel Turns or Days of Hebrew Lives. Hosea is the guy everybody likes, but he married the sneaky girl with the shifty eyes. Gomer (OK, no Soap Opera would have a hot chick named Gomer, but go with me) seems to flirt […]
Idols and happiness – a quote by C. S. Lewis
I’m going to read this quote in the message in the morning, but wanted to post it on the blog as well. As we close the sermon series on worship, I thought it was a very appropriate thought about the futility of pursuing all the other false gods we worship. The quote is from the […]
At our weekend service this week, I am going to be speaking on the sacraments of baptism and communion. Baptism is a difficult issue, as we talk about the importance of believer’s baptism, or the need for people who have believed in Jesus to follow that with a public declaration of their faith in baptism. […]