Within His word, the Lord has authorized specific roles for men and women to have in His church.  What a privilege to even be in the body of Christ!  Then, to know that God has given each member an assigned role and purpose is even more thrilling. While men and women share some of the same responsibilities in the church, Christ has…

The Brooklyn Bridge that connects New York with Long Island was built over a period of 13 years, from 1870 to 1883. It was the brain child of John Roebling. At the time, no one thought it could be done. He was able to convince his son, Washington, to co-engineer the project. With great opposition, they hired a crew and began the…

Baptism is a Bible subject.  As a Biblical matter, it deserves our careful and thorough examination.  Scripture clearly explains that a candidate for baptism must “believe” (Mark 16:16) and “repent” (Acts 2:38) prior to being buried in water (Col. 2:12), and the purpose of baptism is “for the remission of sins” (Acts 2:38; 22:16), in order that one might “be saved” (Mark…

This month we have been emphasizing the five acts of worship, focusing each Sunday on one of them. Last week we discussed preaching and your words were so encouraging. This church has a heart to ensure we let God change us. Let me share two ideas given to me last Sunday. In that sermon about preaching and God’s plan for it to…

God had a Job once. He spoke to Satan about this Job, “The LORD said to Satan, ‘Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil’” (Job 1:8). God has had several “Jobs” throughout the history of man. Those individuals that would fit…

Over the last few years, individuals have started making lists of the things they want to be sure they accomplish before they die. The term used for these lists is bucket lists. This phrase likely is used because it contains the goals a person plans to reach before they “kick the bucket.” I have a niece whose list contains the goal of…

We are living in interesting times.  News feeds explode when a lion is hunted down and killed or when a dog is beaten to death by teenagers.  Cruelty to animals is a hot-button issue in this nation, and the media seems to stoke that fire every time it has the opportunity, but this same media will ignore the killing of innocent babies. …

This is a day that parents look forward to and children dread—the end of summer break. There are those out there that would disagree, but in general, this is true. With the beginning of school, there are a lot of changes as the family sets into a new routine. This is a good time to make some other changes that you may…