President Obama’s Contraceptive Mandate

The President is making a poor decision under the guise of healthcare.  The Roman Catholic Church is right to challenge and protest the administration's attempt to decide what is the correct or incorrect service it performs.  It is encouraging that Evangelicals, Catholics and Jewish groups are working together on this attempt to limit religious liberty.…Read more President Obama’s Contraceptive Mandate

What to do if your child is viewing porn?

This is one of the better articles on the subject that I've read.  It's painful when your son or daughter has been lured into this habit.  You'll be glad that you took a few minutes to read this.  http://bit.ly/A32UoT

Welcome our First Grandchild

Join us in our joy and thanksgiving for our first grandchild, Nolan, born this past Friday night our son and daughter-in-law, Andrew and Dana.  Mom and baby are doing great!  Dad is stepping up to the challenge of diapers!   We are thrilled to be a part of the grandparents club! Andrew, Dana and Nolan…Read more Welcome our First Grandchild

Questions for your Bible Study

“Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.” (Psalm 119:18, NIV) A Puritan Pastor prayed this passage of Scripture daily before he began his Bible reading.  It’s a passage that I’ve prayed for perhaps 25 years now when I begin my morning Bible study.  I ask God to forgive me of…Read more Questions for your Bible Study

How to Successfully Commit to Reading your Bible

“Pastor, I was reading in the Bible this morning and look at what it says …,”  I miss him coming and telling me that Sundays and Wednesdays.  Sometimes he would ask me what I thought.  Other times he would begin telling me what that passage meant to him.  I never heard him criticize. He encourage…Read more How to Successfully Commit to Reading your Bible

Looking in the Mirror

Monday, January 9, 2012 The Bible serves as a uniter across the generations according to a 2009 report by the Barna group.  The majority of the four generations (Mosaics, Busters, Boomers and Elders) believe the Bible is sacred and report reading it within the last week.  That is encouraging news!  As a dad and soon…Read more Looking in the Mirror

Finishing a New Beginning

New beginnings are exciting, but finishing what you started is even more rewarding.  However many people never seem to finish what they began enthusiastically.  The Apostle Paul once wrote a church to encourage them to finish what they started.  He wrote another church to inquire what had caused them to give up on what they…Read more Finishing a New Beginning

Opening the Door to the Scriptures and a brighter future

Tuesday, January 3, 2012 "Because I am a Christian, therefore, every day in which I do not penetrate more deeply into the knowledge of God's Word in Holy Scripture is a lost day for me. I can only move forward with certainty upon the firm ground of the Word of God. And, as a Christian,…Read more Opening the Door to the Scriptures and a brighter future

New Beginnings

I always look forward to new beginnings.  The start of a new project, tackling a new challenge, taking a new mountain or beginning a first time experience.  Evidently God likes new beginnings as well.  The book of Genesis was called by the Hebrews by a name that meant, “In the beginning.”  Sound familiar?  It should,…Read more New Beginnings

Second Saturday Prayer for December

Saturday, December 10, 2011 Preparing for our prayer service tonight at 6:00 brought grateful thoughts to mind for your partnership in prayer.  We are in good company when we gather to pray, Jesus is in our midst, the Holy Spirit will help us to pray according to the will of the Father, the apostles and…Read more Second Saturday Prayer for December