If you weren’t with us in our Fresh Encounter meeting Sunday night, you missed a special time. God touched us, I believe, and I trust that it is just the beginning of more special times in church-wide prayer.

Some may ask, Why this emphasis on church-wide prayer? Isn’t personal prayer enough? Read the rest of this entry…

In 1904 something astounding happened in Wales. Read the rest of this entry…

What do you think about what R.A. Torrey said? “We are too busy to pray, and so we are too busy to have power. We have a great deal of activity, but we accomplish little; many services but few conversions; much machinery but few results.” Read the rest of this entry…

In Psalm 34 David is expressing his joy in God. He is praising God, and then seamlessly his praise becomes an invitation. Read the rest of this entry…

We began our joint thinking about the place of church-wide prayer yesterday in 1 Timothy 2:1-2. (If you missed the sermon you can listen to it here.) Among other lessons about prayer we saw Read the rest of this entry…

For the next four Sundays in our church we plan on looking in some detail into the Scriptures asking God to teach us to be a church that Read the rest of this entry…

There is a phrase in Psalm 84:5 that arrests my attention. It says Read the rest of this entry…

In our church we recently studied the book of Mark. It struck me as I read that book that Jesus was continually dealing with people who had a tendency to look on outward expressions of religion and overlook the inner condition of their own hearts. The issue Jesus often emphasized was Read the rest of this entry…

It is one thing to not understand what the Bible is saying. It is another to try to change what the Bible is saying to fit your desires! Read the rest of this entry…

Yesterday I quoted Greek words in my sermon. I don’t usually do that - and for a reason. Read the rest of this entry…