Category Archives: Pastor’s Desk

Scripture: Romans 8:18 Faith is the journey of the soul between the realized and the unrealized. It is ever leaving the actual behind and reaching forth to the ideal, never satisfied until it finds in the ideal the Eternal Seal. … Continue reading →

Scripture: Romans 8:18 The Bible never speaks despondingly about the future. If it has a becoming sense of the magnitude of the task of life, that is only the reverence of a great artist, nerving himself to accomplish some far-reaching … Continue reading →

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:12-17 From Last Lesson: This is what happened one time when Moses was atop Mount Sinai in intimate conversation with God: Right in the middle of something Moses was saying, God interrupted: “Get back down there to … Continue reading →

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:12-17 From Last Lesson: The God Paul served and upheld was angry and unforgiving. The only way of responding to people who didn’t appease God the way that Paul thought was appropriate was to condemn them with … Continue reading →

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Paul once sat down to put on paper his thoughts about what serving Jesus Christ meant to him. When he did, his reflection caused him to take in the whole of his experience with God in … Continue reading →

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Have you ever had any serious reflection about how loving parents can take in stride verbal abuse and other teenage acting out from their children? Have you ever wondered how, on the morning after you spouted … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Revelation 5:4-5 As appropriate as all the types of weeping are, I want to draw your attention to another type of weeping, one that results in longing tears. 1 Samuel 1:7 describes the tears Hannah shed because she … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Revelation 5:4-5 The Apostle John discovered that it is not always appropriate to weep, but King Solomon wrote: [There is] “A time to weep, And a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance” … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: 2 Corinthians 8:1-5 What an Arrangement What is your arrangement with God, brothers and sisters? How much do you love God? If God blessed you in terms of how you invested your time, talents, and finances, would He … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: 2 Corinthians 8:1-5 What a Grace – Continued Unless you are aware of the reality of God, it truly is a waste of time to attend church. Jesus stated this in His Word, “God is Spirit, and those … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: 2 Corinthians 8:1-5 What a Secret – Continued The Word lets us know that by nature, human beings are self-centered, narrow-minded, and greedy. Grace enables us, God’s grace and not ours, to say when it comes to giving … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: 2 Corinthians 8:1-5 What a Contrast – Continued An old expression goes, “I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.” There’s always somebody worse off than you. You may be … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: 2 Corinthians 8:1-5 The churches in Macedonia were far more generous than what seemed reasonable. That is what the Apostle Paul was writing to the Corinthian church. Not what he and his comrades expected, but more. In fact, … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Philippians 1:12-25 God Can Give Us Sufficient Courage for Every Situation We Face Read Philippians 1:19-25 for insight into this section. As you read this section of Paul’s letter, you see this is not the whimper of one … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Philippians 1:12-25 God Can Use Our Problems to Encourage Others – Continued Read Philippians 1:14-18 for insight into this section. The lesson here is clear: God often uses the problems that envelop us to encourage others in life’s … Continue reading →