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Day 3 – 14 Day Love Challenge

Posted on Aug 12, 2020 in Pastor's Blog |

I’ll let you in on a little secret. At least once a day, I embrace my wife and sing to her the refrain of an old Johnny Cash song:

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine,
You make me happy when skies are gray.

Day 2 – 14 Day Love Challenge

Posted on Aug 11, 2020 in Pastor's Blog |

When my daughter was a toddler, she grew angry with me for refusing her permission to play in the cold rain. Her response to me was predictable: “I don’t like you anymore, Daddy.”

The 14 Day Love Challenge

Posted on Aug 10, 2020 in Pastor's Blog |

John, the New Testament writer, quotes Jesus as saying, “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, as I have loved you” (John 13:34, NKJV). Max Lucado agrees: “Love begins, not by giving love but by receiving the love of Christ.” Our capacity to love God, neighbor, and ourselves starts by tapping deep into the soil of God’s heart.

Jul '20

The Good Shepherd

Posted on Jul 16, 2020 in Pastor's Blog |

Jul '20

The Bible was written in an agricultural culture. The language used by farmers, ranchers and people who worked the land is used with frequency. The Bible speaks often about sheep and goats.

Jul '20

Jews and Gentiles Included

Posted on Jul 9, 2020 in Pastor's Blog |

Jul '20

Jack Levison told about a Baptist Church out in western Oklahoma that had been in existence for years. One Sunday morning who should show up for worship but thirty five people from Ghana, Africa? The folks from Ghana liked the worship so much they said they wanted to become Baptists.

Jul '20

What Is Freedom?

Posted on Jul 5, 2020 in Pastor's Blog |

Jul '20

Thirty-eight years ago, I traveled by bus from Fort Dix, New Jersey to Fort Devins, Massachusetts. Interstate Ninety-five passes within a short distance of Liberty State Park from which the Statue of Liberty can be seen. I had dreamed of seeing Lady Liberty since I was a boy.