September 27, 2010 – 4:13 PM
On Sunday morning, October 3, 2010, our church will begin teaching a new membership class during the Sunday School hour which begins at 9:30 a.m. I will be teaching the class which will meet in the Little House and it’s open to anyone who wants to consider church membership in our church or simply wants [...]
September 17, 2010 – 1:29 PM
On Tuesday evening, September 14, 2010, I was ordained to the gospel ministry at the Southeastern District Conference of the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Sarasota, Florida. Although I had been ordained before with the Southern Baptist church that I had served previously, it was a real honor to go through the process again with the C&MA. [...]
September 9, 2010 – 4:42 PM
The entire world will be paying attention to what takes place this Saturday night, September 11 in Gainesville, Florida. But not for the right reasons. Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center is still planning to burn copies of the Quran, despite the outrage from Muslims and from the public at large. Whatever his reasons are [...]
At family worship last night, we meditated on the passage from Luke 6:27-35. It’s the one where Jesus was telling the disciples about how they should love their enemies. Luke included it in his account of the Sermon on the Mount, placing it right after his version of the Beattitudes. Jesus taught some radical things [...]
This past Sunday I preached a sermon entitled, “The Scarlet Cord of Mercy.” As you may have already guessed, it was based on the passage in Joshua 2:12-21 where Rahab helps the Israeli spies who are doing surveillance on Jericho, her city of residence. This remarkable story throughout chapter 2 includes all the makings of a Hollywood [...]
It’s that time of year again for Vacation Bible School (VBS). And once again we’ll be offering VBS for children between the ages of 5 and 12. The dates for VBS are July 26-30, 2010, and the schedule will be the same Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (noon) This years VBS [...]
Today is May 6, 2010, the special day of the year that has been designated as the National Day of Prayer. Now, of course, this doesn’t mean that it should be the only day that believers seek the Lord in prayer. But it is a day that we will particularly entreat the Lord for the [...]
April 29, 2010 – 10:38 AM
I just began a new expository sermon series on Sunday mornings from the Old Testament book of Joshua, entitled “Acquiring God’s Promise.” But starting this next Sunday, I will begin a new expository series from the New Testament book of James. Ever since I began at Maranatha as Pastor, I’ve preached from the New Testament [...]
April 15, 2010 – 11:25 AM
I have an answer for the question posed on my last post on April 13th, “Where are all the heroes?” Consider Joshua. While preparing my new sermon series on the book for Sunday mornings, I’ve come to a greater appreciation of Joshua than ever before. Of course, we all know Joshua as the man who [...]
April 13, 2010 – 11:53 AM
Are you tired of hearing about another mega sports celebrity’ misdeeds and indiscretions? (those are the gentle ways of putting it!) Every time I turn on SportsCenter now to check on scores or see some highlights, I get bombarded with another story about an athlete mixed up in some sort of sleezy scandal. By now, everybody knows about the [...]