Here is #10 of 31 Questions in 31 Days! To learn more about this 31 Day series, just search “31 Questions” in the search bar above or click here! Q #10: Do you have to be completely submerged to be baptized? This question touches on a number of questions relating to baptism and our church. In the most simplistic way to answer, YES, … Read More
What about the Child who Dies?
Q #1: How do you see the eternity of miscarriages, babies, and children who die?A: “The age of accountability” is not a phrase that appears in the Bible, but is the product of what the Bible seems to reveal about children, God’s judgment, and eternal destinations after death. It’s the idea that there is an age, probably in adolescence, where … Read More
Christmas Eve 2014
Our Christmas Eve service is posted below. In it, I deliver a message focused on the Word who became flesh. God…Maker…Unmatched Glory…became a human being! The music and strings and choir are also all there to be seen. I hope your Christmas was bright and that God blesses your New Year!
Can’t Jesus and Santa Just Get Along?
I remember thinking it was odd when my parents and I moved from a more culturally and theologically liberal, mainline Protestant church to a more conservative, Pentecostal one. I met people who thought Santa was appalling. They wouldn’t say his name. Some of them would say things like, “You know his name has all the same letters as ‘Satan’.”Others went … Read More
The Unexpected Christmas: Shepherds
Unexpected–that’s what I’d say about the choice of heaven to announce first to shepherds that Jesus had come. Unexpected–Jesus’ birth, in contrast to the emperor of the time–Caesar Augustus–is the true Savior, the true God. Unexpected–while those with the wealth and the power in Rome may be initially said that “a new order for the ages” had come with Caesar … Read More
Heart Matters–Love
Well, this series had a lot to consider. What’s in our heart matters. Perhaps the most important thing to find in our hearts is love like God loves. God loves first. God loves in a way that sacrifices. God’s love changes the way we see everything and everyone. That’s what this message is about, and it’s all based on John … Read More