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Hebrews 10:25 says: “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much more as you see the Day approaching”. It is very easy for us to absent ourselves from worship especially in the summertime. We may say I had a hard week and SundayContinue reading “The Joy of Weekly Worship”

This is the second part of the article I sent to our denomination’s website magazine “By Faith Online”. I would like to share with you what I have learned: (Continued from The Story of Grace Presbyterian Church found under the About Us tab) First of all I learned that God is sovereign. Did I notContinue reading “What I Have Learned as a Pastor”

How many times have you done something, regretted that you have done it and then turned around and did it again? It could be something you said, something you thought or place you went. You get frustrated with yourself and ask, “Why did I do this again?” Proverbs 26:11 graphically explains why, “As a dogContinue reading “Why Did I Do this Again?”

I do not often talk about money from the pulpit or in my weekly column; however, from time to time we do need to be reminded about our responsibility in giving to God.  I would like to do that now. In the year 1923, nine of the world’s wealthiest men held a meeting at theContinue reading “Our Giving is Worship”

I would like to give you somewhat of a devotional today with two thoughts. First of all, how does God see you? On the negative side Hebrews 4:13 says: “There is no creature hidden from His sight but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.”Continue reading “Seeing & Being Seen by God”

What does it mean when I say that I am a Christian? How is Christ a part of my life and how does He change my life? I am reading a wonderful book entitled One With Christ by Marcus Peter Johnson. He brings out some wonderful insights as to what it means for us as Christians toContinue reading “Union with Christ”

Psalm 14:1 says: “The fool has said in his heart there is no God…” How sad it is that so many people do not see their need for the Gospel. A sociologist named Christian Smith coined a term “moralistic therapeutic deism” to describe the prevailing system of spiritual beliefs that a majority of young peopleContinue reading “The New Paganism”

The text for today is Romans 7:15-8:1. Romans 7:19 says, “For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. R. C. Sproul said on this passage: “Paul is describing a conflict between rival goods. The most difficult decisions are not justContinue reading “The Good & the Bad within the Christian”

I shared with you before that I have been reading a wonderful book by David Wells entitled God in the Whirlwind. I am thankful that I have the privilege to share with you some of the rich nuggets I find in this and other books. Wells has a chapter in this book entitled “Come, Let Us BowContinue reading “The Dignity of Worship”

Steven J. Gould, the late evolutionary biologist and paleontologist, of Harvard University said that humanity has no purposeful origin and thus there is no objective purpose to our existence. He wrote: “We are here because one odd group of fishes had a peculiar fin anatomy that could transform into legs for terrestrial creatures; because cometsContinue reading “The Purposelessness of Atheism”