“So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.”Ezekiel 22:30One online dictionary defi...  Read More

I read a quote that made me laugh and one I thought would be a great advertisement for my local bike shop. It said, “Life Begins Where Your Comfort Zone Ends”. For me that quote is a tremendous encour...  Read More

“For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the believers who have died will rise from their gra...  Read More

“So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.”Galatians 6:9Getting back on my bike after a serious illness I found mysel...  Read More

One of the difficulties we face when we pick up our bible is to accept God’s Word as being true. What I mean by true is we can read certain passages and think to ourselves, “That’s not for me” or “God...  Read More

“Let all that you do be done in love.”1 Corinthians 16:14If you read your bible carefully you notice that God laughs at times. It’s been said that when the angels of heaven need a good laugh they read...  Read More

“knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb...  Read More

“My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”Gal...  Read More

“Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear”Luke 21:33In California and much of the western United States we find ourselves in the middle of the fire season. Homes that are at ...  Read More

Sharing Is Caring“Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions”1 John 3:18As a pastor there’s not much I enjoy more on a Monday morning than hearin...  Read More

“Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.”Matthew 1:23From the beginning God has made it perfectly clear, we ...  Read More

“No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.”Hebrews 12:11I enjoy the cheesy mo...  Read More