Thoughts from the Pastor

The more I look at the western world today, the more I think about the words Jesus shared with His disciples the night before He was crucified, telling them, “These things I have spoken to you, that ye should not be offended (made to stumble). They...

Thoughts from the Pastor

The grace of God and the power of God are often employed together in Scripture.  We see it with the children of Israel who were constantly grumbling to God, who instead of giving them what they deserved for being a stiff-necked people, constantly provided (i.e.;...

Thoughts from the Pastor

Theology in a Christian context is, according to Millard Erickson, a discipline of study that seeks to understand the God revealed in the Bible and to provide a Christian understanding of reality.  Alongside the New Testament writers there have been many...

Thoughts from the Pastor

Most Christian’s believe that, according to Scripture, Christ was born of the Virgin Mary in Bethlehem of Judea and from that this was a fulfillment of Isaiah 7:14.  Fewer people are aware that this was not the first prophecy in Scripture that pointed to the...

Thoughts from the Pastor

Charles Dickens’ novella, “A Christmas Carol,” was first published in 1843 in London.  It is a fictional story about the earthly redemption of a man named Ebenezer Scrooge.  Ebenezer hated everything associated with Christmas because it took time...

Thoughts from the Pastor

Of all the things I enjoy and look forward to most during the Christmas season is watching “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”  It first aired on December 9, 1965 as an animated TV special and has been shown on network television, unless I’m mistaken, every...