Are we part of the “inn crowd” or part of the “stable crowd.” This of course is a play on the Christmas story. There was no room found in the inn for Mary and Joseph, but the King of kings … Read More
This blog is a follow-up from this past Sunday’s message on biblical wisdom. The main point of this past Sunday was that we as Christians need to make sure that we act according to biblical wisdom. Biblical wisdom considers not only … Read More
As a pastor, I routinely preach how we are to love God more than anyone and anything else in our life, and how that will call us to also love others. One proof that we love God the way we … Read More
A few years ago my oldest son took up the game of chess. He played on his elementary school team. To help him practice between days that they met for official practice, I would play him in a game of … Read More
As usual, I wasn’t able to highlight everything in the text in the sermon yesterday. That is one of the amazing aspects of God’s Word, you never run out of glorious truths to mine from it. One that I wanted … Read More
A humorous thing happened in the Sunday school class that I attend with my wife yesterday. Our teacher was talking about God loving and caring for us. He asked us to share a time in which something happened that we … Read More
This past Sunday at Westlake, we began a new sermon series. For four weeks we are going to study and glean God’s eternal truths from the Old Testament book of Haggai. Chapter 1 is God taking Israel to task for … Read More
What if I was to tell you that there is a fairly simple answer to problems in your marriage, family, job, church, and even our country? Would you believe me? I don’t even know if I believe that entire statement. … Read More
Happy birthday America. Today we turn 242 years old. It has been an interesting experiment brought about by certain ideals and beliefs that have been put into writing in our most famous documents, The Declaration of Independence and the United … Read More
Have you ever had one of those “aha”, “light bulb” moments when something clicks or you see something that you hadn’t seen before in something you have looked at hundreds of times? I had one such moment earlier this week, … Read More
