There are many different views of heaven. Yet the Biblical Heaven is a place where there is no sin and the related consequences like death, sickness and crime to name a few. A Biblical understanding of heaven is a huge motivator to Jesus’ followers to press forward for that time when we are there… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Pastors Blog
Embracing Stress Biblically
The past year 2020 will be remembered, in the lives of those that lived through it, for all their lives. One thing that 2020 has reminded me of is the stressfulness of life. All of us deal with stress in different ways. I wonder how many of us really take the time to apply… Continue Reading
Who Am I Listening to?
If you are like me, you probably do not pause too often to reflect on who you are listening to. I was reminded of the importance of who we listen to in two different Bible readings yesterday. The Bible reminds us that we need to be careful who we listen to. One of the… Continue Reading
What Am I Waiting For?
This past week I added another year to my age brings me to within touch of 60 years old. It is hard to believe that I am close to having lived six decades. It is amazing at how quickly time passes us by if we let it. It is especially a shame when this… Continue Reading
Want to Get Somewhere? Move Forward!
It is that time of year when many will reflect on the past 12 month and ponder the next 12 months. It is a good time for self-reflection. One of the great truths is that you will never get anywhere if you do not move. I am not speaking only of a physical movement,… Continue Reading
Silent Night?
We all know the words of this classic Christmas song on the birth of Jesus: Silent night, Holy night, All is calm, all is bright, Round yon virgin, mother and child Holy infant, tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace. I am reminded of the paradox presented in the birth… Continue Reading
The Blessed Weariness of Ministry
It was been one wonderfully crazy week for me. If this week was a story the unfolding events of this week would definitely be building to the climax of the story. I am reminded of the blessedness of ministry related weariness. It is something that all followers of Jesus should be familiar with regularly.… Continue Reading
The Christmas Epidemic
It is interesting how nearsighted we can be when looking at life situations. Our tendency is to see the up close and personal situation in our lives and fail to see if from the perspective of distance. It is easy for us to think that we are the only ones to be facing this… Continue Reading
Striving to be Thankful!
My guess would be that thankfulness does not come naturally for most of us. It seems we are more proficient at finding things that are wrong then celebrating all the good. It does not take much work to fixate on one thing that is not right and to ignore a multitude of things that… Continue Reading
Thank You – Walking By Faith (Part 5)
I never cease to be surprised by the wrong perspectives that I have on life. I want to touch on one of these today- the perception that things in life just happen without any participation on my part. Now I know that there are many things that happen in life that we have no… Continue Reading