Okay, so if those words sound familiar, it’s because they are a slight twist on John F. Kennedy’s 1961 Presidential inaugural address when he said, “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” I have decided to borrow those words and rephrase them slightly for […]
God has given every Christian one or more spiritual gifts. There are four chapters in the New Testament that mention the spiritual gifts: 1 Corinthians 12, Romans 12, Ephesians 4, & 1 Peter 4. They include things like: wisdom, knowledge, leading, exhorting (encouraging), teaching, giving, helping, administering, evangelism, shepherding, prophecy, tongues, faith, and mercy, to […]
God has given every Christian one or more spiritual gifts. There are four chapters in the New Testament that mention the spiritual gifts: 1 Corinthians 12, Romans 12, Ephesians 4, & 1 Peter 4. They include things like: wisdom, knowledge, leading, exhorting (encouraging), teaching, giving, helping, administering, evangelism, shepherding, prophecy, tongues, faith, and mercy, to […]
Have you ever been in the room where someone was trying to play an instrument but it was more like they were making noise? My parents suffered through that with me when I was learning to play the violin as a kid. The first few weeks (and months) were just screeches and scratches, basically more […]
Peter’s failure, on the eve of Christ’s crucifixion, is well-known and well-documented in the Bible. He denied three times that he knew Jesus. Jesus had previously told Peter, “Very truly I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!” (John 13:38). In no uncertain terms Jesus told Peter that he would disown […]
There is well known story that appears in each of the four gospels. It is the feeding of the 5000. Jesus had been teaching a crowd for many hours, and as it was getting late the disciples approached Jesus and asked him to send the crowd away to the nearby villages so the crowd could […]
The writer of the famous hymn It is well with my soul was Horatio Spaford, who was a very successful businessman in Chicago in the 19th century. Spaford was a strong Christian, who actively supported of the well-known evangelist of that day, D. L. Moody, whose headquarters were in Chicago. Spaford suffered many tragedies in […]
Jesus said about the Old Testament Scriptures: “These are the very Scriptures that testify about me” (John 5:39). One fascinating example of this is Genesis 5, which contains the genealogy from Adam to Noah. The original text of this part of the Old Testament is written in Hebrew, and in Hebrew there is always important […]
Jesus said, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener…. 5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:1,5) Jesus uses the analogy of a vineyard to explain some important things. […]
Discouragement. All of us face it sooner or later. There are so many things that can cause it. For example, stress, exhaustion, isolation, failure, betrayal, and sickness can often be factors that make us discouraged. It could be that you have had more than your share of sickness and calamity and all you hope and […]
Saturday Morning: 8:00 am
Saturday Vigil: 4:30 pm
Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:45 am,
12:30 pm, 5:30 pm
Saturday Vigil: 6:15pm
Sunday: 9:00am, 7:15pm
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 8:30 am
