Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. (John 17:17) Have you ever heard someone say, “That may be true for you, but not for me”? The idea that truth is relative to every individual and culture is nothing new. In fact, it’s been around a long time. In...

The role of the Holy Spirit in the O.T. is much like His role in the NT.  When we speak of the role of the Holy Spirit, we can discern four general areas in which He works: 1) regeneration, 2) indwelling (or filling),  3) restraint, and 4) empowerment for service....

Is a believer supposed to be able to feel the Holy Spirit? Scripture does not instruct us to base our relationship with the Holy Spirit on how or what we feel. Every born-again believer has the indwelling Holy Spirit. Jesus told us that “when the Comforter has come He will...

Jesus tells us if we follow His teachings and obey His commandments that we should expect to be persecuted and hated.  Christians have a bad reputation for being unkind, intolerant, harsh, judgmental, self-righteous and uneducated. Now of course, anytime you speak against a person’s sin, or live by moral absolutes,...

Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. If we...

But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.  Gal. 4:4 – 5 Think about it, the baby in the manger...

When Jesus told His disciples that, “He was the vine and they were the branches” He was actually teaching them a lesson in doctrinal theology.    It is only hours before He is to be crucified, the night is dark and the disciples will now have their faith tested like never...

When Jesus told His disciples, “I am the vine, you are the branches”, (Jn. 15:5), He was addressing a false idea that every human has believed.   That false idea is that, “I am autonomous”.    We by our very sinful nature believe that we are independent, that our life belongs to...

Pastor’s Point: The Bible teaches us in Colossians  1:17 that God “is before all things, and by Him all things are held together”.   This verse made my heart rejoice this past week when I read an article addressing the confusion scientist are having understanding why things hold together.  Despite the...

As we celebrate our church this morning I want to give you a few things from my heart.  I worry about our church; I understand what Paul meant when he spoke about the weight of the churches being upon him.  I believe that the reason our nation is in such...