Good Morning Friends,  Today's text selections though lengthy, if you are willing to spend some time in reading and considering their meaning, could give you some important insights into how we are to worship God. We give worship a lot of lip service, but too often our words are empty. Thankfully, Jesus spoke some of … Continue reading Is Our Worship Nurturing Us In Spirit And In Truth? →

    Good Morning Friends,    Today we explore the lectionary readings for a little wisdom from the stories of Joseph being sold into slavery and the parable of the wicked vineyard tenants. They tell the stories of life not always seeming fair and the reality of people living in pain and what happens when we … Continue reading How Do We Produce Fruit When We Have Been Suffering? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Today's text poses some heavy theological questions that Calvin undoubtedly used to support his view of the human condition. But as I think about the scripture and what I think I know of theology; I must wonder through the tears as I peal back the layers of the onion.  Do … Continue reading Do I Even Have An Option About Being Totally Depraved? →

   Good Morning Friends,  James and John were naturally talented and dedicated to the Lord but more boisterous than the reading of the books in the Bible with their names would indicate. In fact, they were called the sons of thunder. Their mother, like every mother wanted the best for her children, and I think … Continue reading Will We Walk In The Prophetic Path Of Jesus? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Well, we are into Lent and have been reading a lot of Old Testament scripture on obedience and repentance. And it should begin to soak in from the story of Jonah that there is nothing that can separate us from the power of God's forgiveness and redemptive grace except ourselves. … Continue reading Why Is It So Hard To Repent? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Some who preach the prosperity Gospel promote the wrong kind of charity and the wrong Spirit when it comes to what we should pass on to the next generation. Certainly, we have a call to serve each other but the prosperity approach is too much about self-interest and what is … Continue reading Are You Giving And Forgiving For The Right Reasons? →