When you are stuck in a crisis, you might have to jump. Here’s what I mean. God wants us to walk by faith. When we live without trusting in the Lord, we sometimes make a mess out of things. The only hope is to completely, thoroughly, totally, and absolutely surrender …
Do you read the Bible?
Bible reading should be part of our lives as Christians. But not just reading, prayerful reading, with an ear to hear what the Lord would speak to us. We should read God’s Word with the goal of being with Him and learning His truth and, of course, applying it to …
Thinking about the Baby Saviour
At Calvary Fellowship, we had a great Christmas! Our service on December 22 was well attended in spite of a severe ice storm. Besides attendance, the Lord was there as we gathered to reflect upon Immanuel – God with us! Our Christmas Eve gathering was packed and included much really, …
Humility
“I sometimes think that the very essence of the whole Christian position and the secret of a successful spiritual life is just to realize two things….I must have complete, absolute confidence in God and no confidence in myself.” (D. Martin Lloyd-Jones)
True Story: Salesperson Asks Customer to Describe a Nativity Scene
I was speaking to one of the people at the church I pastor. They were a relatively new Jesus-follower and they were telling me about their shopping adventure and their quest to purchase a Nativity Scene. You know what that is, right? Some may call it a “manger scene.” It …
Suffering as a Christian: Like a Butterfly
This last Sunday, I shared a message about suffering as a Christian. (You can listen to it by clicking here.) 1 Peter 4:12-19 was the text. One of the greatest blessings that I receive as a pastor is to watch the Word of God cause people to grow. Over the last …
Do you like celebrating Christmas?
THIS is the season of the year when, whether we wish it or not, we are compelled to think of the birth of Christ. I hold it to be one of the greatest absurdities under heaven to think that there is any religion in keeping Christmas-day. There are no probabilities …