Dear Friends,

As we enter into the next phase of dealing with the pandemic, I wanted to affirm some very deep Biblical truths. God is still on the throne! We have proclaimed that again and again during this past year but I wanted to take this moment to reaffirm this. It is easy to see all that is happening around us and begin to think that the forces of the world are greater than God. The Bible affirms that God will still be ruler. In Genesis 1, we find chaos reigning on the world. God brings order to the world through His creative power. At the end of Revelation, we see that chaos is seeking to rule the world. God once again brings order to the world through His creative power. [Read more…]

Dear Friends,

As we enter a new month of this year, we can learn a great deal from Jesus’ parables. I will be sharing a Wednesday message concerning the parables on Facebook Live. In the para­bles, Jesus shared many great truths concerning who we are and our place in the kingdom of God.

The word parable is a Greek word which means to throw something alongside of some­thing else. So literally a parable is a story that is thrown or applied alongside of a spiritual thought or truth. One of the ways in order to remember what a parable is, is this simple defini­tion-a parable is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning. [Read more…]