Dear Church Family, Welcome to the middle of the summer of 2020, the year of locusts, earthquakes, plague, riots and Saharan dust. God is trying to cut through the fog and get the world’s attention! Like you, I was stunned that the old nemesis of humanity, “Racism,” rose up so wickedly again during the last… Read More »
Psalm 2:6 For the Lord declares, “I have placed my chosen king on the throne in Jerusalem, on my holy mountain. Psalm 72:11 All kings will bow down to him and all nations will serve Him. Zechariah 14:16 In the end, the enemies of Jerusalem who survive the plague will go up to Jerusalem each… Read More »
The Old Testament calls the Messiah the King of Heaven (Daniel 4:37) who reigns on high on an unshakeable throne (Psalm 93), King above all gods (Psalm 95). Psalm 11:4 says, “The LORD is in His holy temple, The LORD’s throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.” From… Read More »
Last Sunday and this Sunday, Jesus as the King of Glory was a major point of the sermon. On the Mount of Transfiguration, Jesus revealed His glory for a moment, answering the prevalent question of the hour, “Who is He?” Peter, James and John never forgot the revelation of Jesus’ glory they beheld on the… Read More »
The sudden death of Kobe Bryant and his daughter and of 7 others in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, has predominated the media this week. When sudden death is the description of an intense playoff in sports, it’s exciting! But when sudden death means people died too soon, by accident, it’s only tragic. There… Read More »
Merry Christmas! It’s Christmas Eve and all our guests have departed, stuffed with tamales and chili and desserts. Tomorrow’s the big day. We rejoice in the good food, good gifts and good times. The house looks great! Two of the three kids are home, which is the best we could get this year. The other… Read More »
Renewal and Restoration It’s a time of renewal and restoration around the church. A couple of weeks ago, we celebrated the remodeling and opening of our new chapel. This 128 year old building was not useful until it had been restored. Now, it’s useful to God’s Church again. This week, the Chitty family brought back… Read More »
I was eating lunch in the airport the other day when I became aware of the husband and wife who had just sat down at the next table. They had gotten Whataburgers. When the order was ready the wife went to retrieve it. I’m not a professional eavesdropper, but it wasn’t like they were trying… Read More »
This past Sunday morning, I preached on the passage describing the watchmen of Israel in Ezekiel 3:16-21. This was the first message the newly commissioned prophet Ezekiel received from the Lord. As a child, growing up in that day and time, Ezekiel would have seen watchmen, heard their calls of alarm, and he would have… Read More »
After Sunday morning’s service, I was thinking about everyone reading the Prayer Guide for 30 days. Be assured of this. Satan does not want our church to get involved in anything that will lead more people to Jesus! So I’m assuming there will be all kinds of distractions, busy work, sick children, emergency phone calls,… Read More »
