You’re losing. Your selfish manipulating is taking over in you. Your worries and pessimism are getting the best of you. But wait! Jesus rode that wave of baptism into you (or still could!). Romans 6: 3 Don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were...

We had a powerful message in our Parenting Session last weekend. It had to do with “Jesus’ Armor of Affirmation.” Your kids let you down, or you let your family down, or you let yourself down (you get the idea), and where does that leave you: feeling guilty and insecure....

We are drawing ever closer to the commemoration of our Savior’s suffering and death on the cross.  For the Christian, Holy Week is a solemn week of reflection as we see what our Savior had to go through to save us from our sins and win for us eternal life....

Jealousy can be a good thing, if you’re God. The Israelites cowered and covered their ears at the bottom of Mt. Sinai. That’s because God was thundering from above. “Thou shalt have no other gods. Honor you father and mother. Thou shalt not bear false testimony against thy neighbor.” And...

Maybe you’ve been to one of those places that treats you like a VIP.  A fancy restaurant or posh resort.  A spa.  Or even grandma’s and grandpa’s place. You’re addressed as “Mr. and Mrs.”  They open the door for you, pull out your chair.  The sheets are turned back with...

Most people fear death– and rightly so!  It’s a direct result of sin, and it’s not what was supposed to happen to us.  Way back at the time of creation, Adam and Eve ignored God’s warning and ate from the forbidden tree, and thus brought death into the world.  But...

Have you ever had “infused” water?  It’s when you strain water through fruits or vegetables to give it a natural flavor.  There are pitchers and cups that are specially designed for this process, and it’s a wonderful way to liven up your water with vitamins and taste. We Christians need...

This week, on the Fourth Sunday of Easter, many in the Christian Church take time to recognize our resurrected Lord as our Good Shepherd.  In John 10 Jesus used this picture to describe his relationship to us– a picture that was very familiar to people of his day who would...

I’m going to be honest.  This coming weekend for many churches is a “down” weekend for attendance.  I suppose that after attending, in many cases, several services over Holy Week, together with the awesome celebration of Easter Sunday– people just need a “week off.” I hope you’re not one of...

Ever since my Sesame Street days, I’ve had drilled into me the concept of cooperation.  The more people you have working together in a task, the quicker it goes.  This is certainly true in the church.  As we work together to do the things that support and spread the gospel, God...