A couple of thousand years ago the days were dark, and wickedness had prevailed upon the land largely due to aberrant teaching and a lack of consecration to God on the part of the priests:  1 Samuel 2...  Read More

As I was studying Mathew 21:1-11 in preparation for my teaching on Palm Sunday, I read through the following two verses and started to really become amazed:Matthew 21:4-5   All this was done that it m...  Read More

When I was younger, I remember my parents offering me some particular advice in regards to certain difficult decisions, “You have to decide whether or not it’s worth fighting for.”  Comments with simi...  Read More

Joshua 24:15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or ...  Read More

1John 3:1a   Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Are we amazed at God’s love for us?  John sure was.  As he wrote his first letter to th...  Read More

It’s Christmas Eve . . . What are we waiting for?  Oh, everybody is waiting for something. For some, it’s time spent with friends and family that they otherwise don’t get to see.  A few hours surround...  Read More

"Are you for real?!"It'a a question we get asked quite a bit among a world full of people surrounded by things that are fake.  Fake hair. Fake fingernails.  Fake __________. (this blank is for the bod...  Read More

Envy Me!Well, not me really . . . But Christ in me.  What do I mean?1 Corinthians 15:58   Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing tha...  Read More

I read this today in a commentary by John MacArthur Jr., and the question presented is one that we must ponder deeply . . . Is the church we're attending alive?What are the danger signs that a church ...  Read More

I just finished concluding my Bible studies in the Book of 1 Samuel and wanted to point out a parallel.Saul, was in a battle against the Philistines.  Why?  Because he had not finished them off when h...  Read More

Today, I say, "See you later" to a friend of mine . . .As I came in to the office today, I noticed like never before Doug Thorp's fingerprints are all over this church, and my life.As I walked across ...  Read More

I know this will seem foreign to most of us, but it’s worth being said anyway . . . “Embrace the trial.”  It seems contrary that any one of us would long to go through hardships, but this was one of t...  Read More