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October 21, 2025
7 Cultural Values of All Souls Church
A few weeks ago in my sermon titled “We preach Christ to All Souls,” I laid out seven distinct cultural values of All Souls Church. I have them listed below giving a quick explanation of each so...
ReadSeptember 30, 2025
Pray For Me
Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of...
ReadSeptember 17, 2025
Abide In Me
“Abide in me, and I in you.As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.”John 15:4 Here is the secret to the...
ReadAugust 28, 2025
I Will Never Leave You
“I will never leave you or forsake you”Hebrews 13:5 The best thing God has given us is his presence. As we see in the passage above, this promise is absolute. If you believe, God is with you...
ReadAugust 21, 2025
3 Gospel-Centered Heart Attitudes
““Judge not, and you will not be judged;condemn not, and you will not be condemned;forgive, and you will be forgiven;”Luke 6:37 ESV The way of Jesus is freedom. His way is the way of...
ReadAugust 12, 2025
A Praying People-2
"And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner...
ReadAugust 7, 2025
A Decent Prayer Life In 3 Words - 2
Prayer is the easiest part of being a Christianand the hardest thing to maintain daily. I have found that one of the keys to constant prayer is to have a grid you can pray through regularly. I...
ReadJuly 29, 2025
Dependence On God
One of the most important things that we need to learn as Christians is dependence on God. Jesus tells us, “Apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5).What he means is you cannot live...
ReadJuly 22, 2025
What Does the Bible Say About Immigrants?
This devotion is about how the Christian church and individual Christians should view and treat immigrants in their country according to the Bible. I am not proposing any public policy or endorsing...
ReadJuly 15, 2025
A Tip For Spiritual Growth
One way to grow in Christ is to expose yourself throughout the week to good content. Below are some podcasts I recommend for your growth in Christ. These podcasts/shows are available on iTunes,...
ReadMay 20, 2025
Cheerful Giving
Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency...
ReadMay 1, 2025
Bless Us! - Part 3
May God be gracious to usand bless us and make his face to shineupon us, Selahthat your way may be knownon earth, your saving power amongall nations.Let the peoples praise you,...
ReadApril 1, 2025
Bless Us! - Part 2
May God be gracious to usand bless us and make his faceto shine upon us, Selah that your way may be knownon earth, your saving poweramong all nations.Psalm 67:1-2 Last week we...
ReadMarch 26, 2025
Bless Us! - Part 1
May God be gracious to usand bless usand make his face shine upon us,Selah,THAT your way may be knownon earth,your saving power to all nations!Psalm 67:1-2 Psalm 67 is one of my favorites....
ReadMarch 11, 2025
The Lord Will Fight For You
And Moses said to the people,“Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again. The Lord...
ReadFebruary 25, 2025
Judge Not
This morning I read these words out of the mouth of Jesus: “Judge not, and you will not be judged”Luke 6:37 In other words, Jesus is saying stop making snap judgments, stop judging...
ReadJanuary 28, 2025
2025 Church Challenge: Part 3
This week I want to challenge you to pray everyday.Everyone has time to pray.You can pray in the car, in the shower, as you fall asleep, when you wake up, before you eat, or any other...
ReadJanuary 15, 2025
2025 Church Challenge: Part 2
This year we will be studying the Gospel of Mark. Mark is about Jesus. The theme of the Gospel of Mark is found in Mark 1:1: “This is the Good News about Jesus the Messiah, the Son...
ReadJanuary 7, 2025
2025 Church Challenge
At All Souls Church, our mission is to bless,not stress the church family.From time to time, we offer events or resources that we hope would bless you, but we never want to bring you stress or a...
ReadDecember 17, 2024
3 Ways To Enjoy Christ This Christmas
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they...
ReadDecember 12, 2024
Advent and the Sacrament-1-1
“As often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.”1 Corinthians 11:26 Advent is our yearly check in.Am I ready for the return of the...
ReadNovember 20, 2024
Attitude Of Gratitude: Part 3
Do you ever wake up with feelings of dread? Responsibilities, work, conflicts, financial pressures, broken relationships, sadness about the state of the world. Does life feel like a...
ReadNovember 15, 2024
Attitude of Gratitude: Part 2
How do we give thanks to God in uncertain times? How do we give thanks when our world is falling apart? Psalm 75 teaches us to maintain spiritual maturity in the chaos.I see six steps...
ReadNovember 5, 2024
Attitude of Gratitude: Part 1
The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season.You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.Psalm 145:15-16 And you shall eat...
ReadOctober 28, 2024
A Christian Voter Guide
How should a Christian vote?How should a Christian approach politics? I came across this Christian Voter Guide last week and it might be the best thing I have ever seen regarding Christians...
ReadOctober 10, 2024
The Problem With Opinions-1
Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool,but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.Proverbs 28:26 One of the fatal flaws of humanity is we all think we are right about our opinions. We...
ReadOctober 5, 2024
3 Proverbs About God's Heart For the Poor
IT'S FOOD DRIVE MONTH!Throughout October we will gather food for the Burbank Temporary Aid Center (details below). Here are 3 passages of Scripture and my comments to help us...
ReadSeptember 21, 2024
Church and State Catechism: Part 1
Two weeks ago, I taught our Catechism on Church and State and how we as believers are to relate between the two. I've included my notes from the class here because a few people were not able to...
ReadSeptember 10, 2024
Whoever Blesses Will Be Enriched
Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and the one who waters will himself be watered. Proverbs 11:25 God has blessed you. God blesses his people. God has blessed us to be a...
ReadSeptember 7, 2024
Why Is Giving A Joy?
Last week in my sermon on 2 Corinthians 9 (here), I ran out of time. I wanted to share with you what I cut out of the sermon to spare you a one hour message. The point of the sermon...
ReadAugust 20, 2024
How To Make Decisions In God's Will
Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.Psalm 37:4 One of the most constant questions I get as a pastor is: “How do I know the difference between...
ReadAugust 14, 2024
Battling Fear?
One of the most common struggles for Christians is fear. Fear is almost always related to something in the future that you anticipate will be a disaster. Most of the fears that we have are...
ReadAugust 8, 2024
Our Ministry of Reconciliation
All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their...
ReadAugust 3, 2024
What Is Your Mission?
What is the Gospel and what is your mission? In Acts 10:38-42, the Apostle Peter was preaching the gospel to the leader of the Italian Cohort of the Roman army and he laid out for him...
ReadAugust 3, 2024
How Can I Pray For You?
I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until...
ReadJuly 20, 2024
Put Not Your Trust In Princes
Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.Blessed is he...
ReadJuly 6, 2024
Receive The Promises of God
Last week in my sermon (Cruciform Integrity: 2 Corinthians. 1:12-24) we covered many promises of God. The text we covered said this about God’s promises: For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who...
ReadJune 26, 2024
Imputation: It's Not Fair!
Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.Romans 5:18 To understand how God sees the world, we...
ReadJune 26, 2024
Cruciform Christianity
Christian formation is “Cruciform.”We are formed by the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus.What this means is now that we are in Christ, but still live in this fallen world, we are to be...
ReadJune 1, 2024
What Is All Souls Church All About?
"All souls are mine…"-Ezekiel 18:4 There are four pillars in the All Souls Church Philosophy of Ministry: TheologicalLiturgicalMulticulturalMissional 1.) TheologicalAt All Souls...
ReadMay 22, 2024
5 Reasons To Give to All Souls Church
Basically every church you know of has been built up and funded by it's congregants.Here's 5 reasons to give to All Souls Church 1.) You have a place to worship and hear the Word...
ReadMay 14, 2024
No Condemnation-1
There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.Romans 8:1 On the night Jesus was arrested and subsequently brought to trial, the Apostle Peter messed up bad. Twice.First...
ReadMay 14, 2024
Let Yourself Be Trained By Grace
We are constantly being shaped. This world shapes us, our family of origin shapes us, people shape us, careers and jobs shape us, tragedy and trauma shapes us, and kindness and love can shape...
ReadMay 14, 2024
Blessed Is the One Who Gives to the Poor
Blessed is the onewho considers the poor!In the day of troublethe Lord delivers them. Psalm 41:1 The generous will themselvesbe blessed, for they share their foodwith the...
ReadMay 14, 2024
3 Uses For God's Law
Now we know that the Law is good,if one uses it lawfully. 1 Timothy 1:8We are halfway through our study of the 10 Commandments at church each Sunday. The 10 commands are a summary of...
ReadMarch 28, 2024
What to pray During Holy Week
What can you pray during Holy Week? Is there a Psalm that talks about His death and resurrection and how it applies to our lives?I’m glad you asked.Psalm 16 is such a prayer.The Old Testament...
ReadMarch 14, 2024
What To Pray When You Don't Have the Language to Pray: Part 4
What are you waiting for?We are all waiting for something. Career to take off?Marriage?Friendships?Vindication?Financial relief?Wounds to heal?Suffering to get better?Sickness to...
ReadMarch 14, 2024
What To Pray When You Don't Have Language to Pray: Part 5
Sadness. It is always there. Even if you are not sad now you will be soon. Even if you are not sad now, someone close to you probably is, and someone within a quarter mile of you is destroyed...
ReadFebruary 28, 2024
What To Pray When You Don't Have Language to Pray: part 3
Giving thanks to God is one of the most important disciplines of the Christian life. This is why we pray before meals, to give thanks.Giving thanks is a key part of worship music at church. Most...
ReadFebruary 24, 2024
What to Pray When You Don’t Have Language to Pray: Part 2
When things get hard and God seems distant it is hard to know what to pray.Often we are at loss for words. Psalm 13 gives us words for times like this. Psalm 13 is what we call a Psalm of...
ReadFebruary 13, 2024
What To Pray When You Don't Have Language To Pray: Part 1
Do you ever feel the need to pray, but you are not sure what to say? Maybe you need to process some anger or sadness and you want to pray about it, but you don’t know what is allowed or acceptable....
ReadFebruary 7, 2024
5 Keys to Spiritual Growth in 2024: Love Discipline
My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline or be weary of his reproof, for the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights. Proverbs...
ReadFebruary 1, 2024
5 Keys to Spiritual Growth In 2024: HONOR THE LORD
Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the first fruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.Proverbs 3:9-10 So far in...
ReadJanuary 27, 2024
5 Keys to Spiritual Growth in 2024: HUMILITY
This is the third of a 5-part series on spiritual growth.This week's topic: HUMILITY Humility - a modest (correct) view of one's own importance, opinion,...
ReadJanuary 17, 2024
5 Keys to Spiritual Growth in 2024: ACKNOWLEDGE HIM
This is the second of a 5-part series on spiritual growth.This week's topic: ACKNOWLEDGE In all your ways acknowledge Him,and he will make straight your paths.Proverbs...
ReadDecember 20, 2023
What Is the Meaning of Christmas?
“In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.”1 John 4:9 Question:What is the meaning of...
ReadDecember 13, 2023
Advent and the Sacrament-1
“As often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.”1 Corinthians 11:26 Advent is our yearly check in.Am I ready for the return of the...
ReadNovember 1, 2023
Felix Culpa (and the chapter we skipped...)
Why does God allow sin and evil? Felix Culpa is a Latin phrase used by Christians since the 4th century. Felix meaning "happy," "lucky," or "blessed" and culpa, meaning...
ReadOctober 17, 2023
The Lord's Prayer - Part 9
“Deliver us from Evil”Christians face 3 types of evil in this world:The evil within us(aka “the Flesh”)The evil around us(aka “the World”)The evil above us(aka “the...
ReadOctober 10, 2023
The Lord's Prayer: Part 8
“Lead us not into temptation” Matthew 6:13 Michael J. Wilkins, Professor at Talbot Seminary here in LA, explains the meaning of this phrase: “The meaning here most likely...
ReadOctober 7, 2023
The Lord's Prayer: Part 7
“Forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors.”Mathew 6:12 There are two great needs of every believer:1.) To be forgiven2.) To forgiveThese two go together hand and...
ReadSeptember 27, 2023
The Lord's Prayer: Part 6
“Give us this day our daily bread”Here is the good news: God has promised to provide everything you need for the rest of your life. Here is the bad news: God has not promised to...
ReadSeptember 19, 2023
The Lord's Prayer: Part 4
“Your Kingdom Come”Jesus has 2 comings.His first coming was to save us spiritually.His second coming will be to save us physically.At his second coming, he will set up his kingdom on...
ReadSeptember 19, 2023
The Lord's Prayer: Part 5
“Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven”Matthew 6:10God has 2 wills:His revealed will.His secret and sovereign will.1. His revealed will.This is his will seen in the story and...
ReadSeptember 9, 2023
The Lord's Prayer: Part 3
“Hallowed Be Thy Name…” This is the first petition of the Lord’s Prayer and possibly the most mysterious. I think Jesus makes this request first because it is the most important request...
ReadAugust 22, 2023
The Lord's Prayer: Part 1
The Lord’s Prayer is the prayer that Jesus taught the disciples to pray. It is found in the mouth of Jesus two times {Luke 11:1-4, Matthew 6:9-13). Let’s look at the version in Luke...
ReadAugust 21, 2023
The Lord's Prayer: PART 2
Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven…” -Jesus (Matthew 6:9)We have a Father in heaven.A Father that “sees” us, loves us, is with us, and a Father who guides our lives. He is our...
ReadJuly 27, 2023
How Do I Pray for Myself: Part 2
How Do I Pray for Myself?Over the summer the All Souls devotions are about prayer. You can find all of them on our website under resources. Currently, we are in part 2 on the topic “How do I...
ReadJune 28, 2023
Pray For One Another
One of the great joys in being a pastor is the ministry of praying for others. On Sundays, I like to make the rounds getting prayer requests from as many people as I can.During the week, I pray for...
ReadMay 23, 2023
Christian Conflict Resolution Part 1
Anytime there is more than one sinner somewhere, there is potential for conflict. Simply being around other humans in any capacity can result in conflict.This can also be true in the church since it...
ReadMay 15, 2023
Imputation
Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.Romans 5:18 This Sunday we will talk about the fall...
ReadMay 10, 2023
2 Ways To Get More of God's Word in Your Life
As you sit under the preaching of the Word on Sunday, I’m sure you experience the benefit of the Scripture in your life (as long as your heart is open). At times in our journey we...
ReadApril 19, 2023
No Condemnation
There is no condemnationfor those who are in Christ Jesus.Romans 8:1On the night Jesus was arrested and subsequently brought to trial, the Apostle Peter messed up bad. Twice.First, he attacked...
ReadApril 19, 2023
The Problem With Opinions
Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool,but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.Proverbs 28:26 One of the fatal flaws of humanity is we all think we are right about our opinions. We...
ReadApril 6, 2023
4 Reasons Easter is a Blessing to You
1.) It is a promise of a renewed life and a renewed worldLife is hard. If it’s not one thing it’s another. Between our limits, our weakness, and our wrestle with sin, life can start to feel like...
ReadMarch 18, 2023
Preparing for Holy Week
He was handed over to die because of our sins, and he was raised to life to make us right with God.-Romans 4:25 (New Living Translation) Today I wanted to write to you to encourage you to...
ReadFebruary 18, 2023
A Decent Prayer Life in 3 Words
Prayer is the easiest part of being a Christianand the hardest thing to maintain daily. I have found that one of the keys to constant prayer is to have a grid you can pray through regularly. I...
ReadJanuary 31, 2023
A Prayer for All Souls Church
14 ….I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be...
ReadJanuary 26, 2023
Relational Health in Conflict
In my sermon this past Sunday, we took a little time to discuss relational health in the mist of conflict. In the book of James, we can see there was conflict and division between those in...
ReadJanuary 10, 2023
The God of Rain
In Scripture, rain is a precious commodity.Ancient people were highly dependent on God to provide what they needed primarily because extensive public irrigation had not yet been invented. In the...
ReadDecember 17, 2022
Experiencing God at Advent
A Song of Ascents. Of David.Psalm 131 1 O Lord, my heart is not lifted up;my eyes are not raised too high;I do not occupy myself with thingstoo great and too marvelous for...
ReadDecember 10, 2022
One Word Prayer
The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.”And let the one who hears say, “Come.”And let the one who is thirsty come;let the one who desires take the water of life without price.Revelation 22:17The...
ReadNovember 30, 2022
Why Does Advent Matter to Me?
We all feel it. There is confusion, weight and fear in the world right now. Wars, rumors of wars, disease, tensions between super powers, grinding poverty and a divided society. Any one of...
ReadNovember 16, 2022
A House of Prayer
My house shall be called a houseof prayer for all peoples. Isaiah 56:6 What is the church? A building? An institution? A social club? A purveyor of spiritual goods and services? A...
ReadNovember 10, 2022
Blessed is he who gives to the poor...
Blessed is the one who considers the poor!In the day of trouble the Lord delivers them.Psalm 41:1 The generous will themselves be blessed,for they share their food with the poor.Proverbs...
ReadOctober 31, 2022
Reformation Day
Happy Reformation DayAll Souls Church!Today is one of the most important days of the year for us and other protestants across the world. 505 years ago a little German monk who was assigned a Bible...
ReadOctober 25, 2022
Remember Your Baptism!
Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit…And...
ReadOctober 18, 2022
Stand Fast in the Lord
For now we live, if you are standing fast in the Lord. For what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God, as we pray most...
ReadOctober 11, 2022
Long Sermons and Free Grace
On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight. There were...
ReadSeptember 26, 2022
You are the Light of the World
You are the light of the world. “A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the...
ReadSeptember 20, 2022
The key to being gracious with yourself and others.
For I do not understand my own actions.For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate….I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not wantis what I keep on doing. -Romans...
ReadSeptember 13, 2022
The Eternal Yes
For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory. 2 Corinthians 1:20When you put your faith in Christ,...
ReadSeptember 7, 2022
The Finger of God
"The teachers of the law and the Pharisees broughtin a woman caught in adultery. They made her standbefore the group and said to Jesus, “Teacher, thiswoman was caught in the act of...
ReadAugust 23, 2022
Resist the Resistance.
Love slays what we have beenthat we may be what we were not.— St. Augustine Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it,but whoever loses his life will keep it.—JesusWhat does Jesus mean...
ReadAugust 17, 2022
I'm praying for You
In many of his letters, the Apostle Paul would write prayers to the churches that he was praying for them. You see this in almost all of his letters. What made the Apostle Paul so...
ReadAugust 16, 2022
Welcoming Others
“We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak,and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good,to build him up. For Christ did not please...
ReadJuly 6, 2022
Faithfulness in an antagonistic world.
But now, this is what the Lord says—he who created you, Jacob,he who formed you, Israel:“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;I have summoned you by name; you are mine.When you pass through the...
ReadJune 15, 2022
Persistent Benevolence
“They asked us to remember the poor,the very thing I was eager to do.” Galatians 2:10The apostle Paul referring to the request of the Apostles Peter and JamesIn the transition between the...
ReadJune 7, 2022
Pervasive Grace
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted,forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.Ephesians 4:32, The Apostle PaulAt All Souls Church we intend to have a culture of “Pervasive Grace” for...
ReadJune 2, 2022
A Spiritual Secret
"So why do you condemn another believer? Why do you look down on another believer? Remember, we will all stand before the judgment seat of God." Romans 14:10 (NLT)"So do not let what you...
ReadMay 26, 2022
Counter-formational Community
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformedby the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discernwhat is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.Romans 12:2“All...
ReadMay 9, 2022
We should be kind.
This morning I opened Twitter to find a bunch of Christians (ultra right-wing types) criticizing my favorite pastor, Tim Keller. Keller has always proposed a winsome service approach to doing...
ReadMay 3, 2022
A Mild Understatement.
I was reading the Bible this morning and came across Hebrews 7:26. I have always thought the way the writer (or translator) refers to Jesus here is a bit comical although he is being 100%...
ReadApril 27, 2022
A Praying People
"And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to...
ReadApril 21, 2022
We receive the Word.
“And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is , the word of God, which...
ReadApril 5, 2022
Holy Week
“And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets,that his Christ would suffer, he thus...
ReadMarch 16, 2022
God's Light in our Life
Your word is a lamp to my feetand a light to my path.I have sworn an oath and confirmed it,to keep your righteous rules,I am severely afflicted;give me life, O Lord, according to your word!Psalm...
ReadMarch 8, 2022
Knowing Love in Lent
In this the Love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent His only Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he has loved us and...
ReadMarch 1, 2022
Lent and You
“Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”- Jesus“When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, ‘Repent!’ he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.” -...
ReadFebruary 22, 2022
Being a Blessing.
Whoever brings blessing will be enriched,and the one who waters will himself be watered. Proverbs 11:25Blessing others will fill your cup. Blessing others will enrich your life. Blessing others...
ReadFebruary 16, 2022
What does God hate?
There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that...
ReadFebruary 9, 2022
Trusting God
What does it mean to trust God? Is it a feeling? An experience? Does some kind of switch go off in you so you don’t worry anymore? Once you trust God are you able to face the pain of life...
ReadFebruary 1, 2022
Counsel and Community
Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety. Proverbs 15:22Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed. Proverbs...
ReadJanuary 25, 2022
Are you facing a battle?
“We do not wrestle against flesh and blood…” -The Apostle Paul in Ephesians 6:11 What interpersonal conflicts are you facing? What are the main frustrations and...
ReadJanuary 25, 2022
Relational Wisdom
Today we start a series of blogs on Proverbs. The book of proverbs is about wisdom for living, relating and walking with God. If one gives an answer before he hears,it is a folly and a...
ReadJanuary 3, 2022
Do not despise humble beginnings.
After spending 70 years in captivity in Babylon (you thought your life was difficult!), 40,000 exiled Jews went back to Jerusalem 2500 years ago. They traveled through the desert - men, women,...
ReadDecember 21, 2021
Christmas in the Chaos
For to us a child is born,to us a son is given;and the government shall be upon his shoulder,and his name shall be calledWonderful Counselor, Mighty God,Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.Isaiah...
ReadDecember 7, 2021
Are you ready?
"But the anointing that you received from him abides in you,and you have no need that anyone should teach you.But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true,and is no lie—just as it...
ReadNovember 30, 2021
Advent and the Sacrament
“As often as you eat this bread and drink the cup,you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.”1 Corinthians 11:26Advent is our yearly check in.Am I ready for the return of the Lord? How do...
ReadNovember 23, 2021
Gratitude vs. Grumbling
Psalm 100:4Enter his gates with thanksgiving,and his courts with praise!Give thanks to him; bless his name! For most of us, including me, Thanksgiving is mostly about food and...
ReadNovember 17, 2021
How to Face Obstacles
Matthew 17:14-23 14 And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him, 15 said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he has seizures and he suffers...
ReadNovember 8, 2021
What is Happening in American Christianity?
If anyone would come after me, let him deny himselfand take up his cross and follow me.” -Jesus, in Matthew 16:24According to the latest issue of “Christianity Today,” church attendance...
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