We Need Something…

We Need Something…
So, as a pastor I have been praying for something for about the last 5 years. The folks here at the church hopefully have been praying the same thing, at least I have hope they have, you know how over a period of time, when a prayer is not answered,…
March 5, 2021Posted inAnnouncement

Where Is Your Heart While At Church…

A while back I had a church member come up to me after church one Sunday morning, "Pastor doesn't it bother you that _______ and ________ and _______ and _____ are always playing games on their phones or tablets during church? Even while you're preaching?" I nodded my head, "Yes,”…
October 13, 2020Posted inDevotional

8th Corona Letter

It was August 6, 1945 as the B-29 bomber, Enola Gay, approached Hiroshima, Japan. In its payload was "Littleboy" the first atomic bomb ever to be dropped in war time. At 4 1/2 tons, 10'6" in length and 29" in diameter, no one could begin to imagine what was about…
April 10, 2020Posted inDevotional

7th Corona Letter

Though I am not a Roman Catholic, many years ago I found great encouragement in an unlikely place. I was intrigued by a book by author Calvin Miller called The Path Of Celtic Prayer, inside was a prayer. The prayer is called The Lorica Of Saint Patrick, or sometimes known…
April 9, 2020Posted inDevotional

6th Corona Letter

Years ago, I sat under the leadership of pastor Ed Johnson at First Baptist Church of Ocala. One Sunday morning he said something that I have never forgotten, even though I don't remember the context of the sermon he said it in, the point of it still reverberates in my…
April 8, 2020Posted inDevotional

5th Corona Letter

We are not alone... And no, I'm not talking about life on other planets. I'm talking about the fact that in times like this it is very easy to develop this "Deist" kind of mindset. Oh, we know God is out there somewhere, He is maybe sitting on His heavenly…
April 7, 2020Posted inDevotional

4th Corona Letter

Imagine this for a moment: Dearest Corona,I thank you for your correspondence, it is always so delightful to hear from such a dedicated agent to the work of our master. I do hope that you continue to work tirelessly with every bit of passion and zeal that you can muster…
April 6, 2020Posted inDevotional

3rd Corona Letter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLEyBRCkSdM I don't know about other Christians, but I am tired of the Church, the Bride of Christ being looked at as weak, impotent, insignificant and without purpose in this world in which we live. The world blasphemes the God of the Bible. They mock and belittle Jesus Christ as…
April 5, 2020Posted inDevotional

2nd Corona Letter

God has blessed me by allowing me to travel all over the world, even the opportunity to have lived with my wife and children in mainland China from 2003-2005. That included stops in Japan and a couple weeks in Thailand. I spent three weeks one time in Russia and the…
April 4, 2020Posted inDevotional

Corona Letters

Well, we are going to be holding off on services for at least the next two weeks due to the Coronavirus that is running through the United States. I didn't really want to do it but with the governor’s order and the fact that the great majority of our congregation…
April 3, 2020Posted inDevotional