Come Everyone Who Thirsts (Isaiah 55:1-7) If the world we live in were a river, which way is the current flowing, toward Jesus or away from Him? I think we would all answer quickly, “The current of the world is flowing away from Jesus.” If this is true what is a great danger that we… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 4/14/26
Abide: Why does it feel so hard? Let me give a few texts: Hebrews 12:14 – “Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.” Colossians 3:5 - “Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 3/26/26
Abiding: Working with God by Grace Through Faith John 15:1 - “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Jesus is the True Vine, He is the source of life, love, power; the source of everything we need. We live moment by moment with Him and dependent upon Him. (Future grace) John… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 3/10/26
Abiding in Our True Identity Illustration from Greek Mythology: Two poems traditionally credited to Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey contain characters called Sirens. Sirens, who pretend to be beautiful women with amazing voices, try to entice and allure sailors, who pass their island. They convince them they just want to entertain them with beautiful melodies. What they… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 3/3/26
“The True Vine” - John 15:1-11 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.” John 15:1 ESV I want to show you the big picture of what it means for Jesus to say, I am the true vine. First, we need to see that by saying, I am the "True Vine,” Jesus… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 2/25/26
– Disciple Maker’s ROI 2 Timothy 2:7 - Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything. One of my main aims in preaching and teaching is to get you to think. “To exercise the mind.” It occurred to me that the listener or the reader is just as responsible… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 2/2/26
“It’s A Relay Race” Most of you are familiar with what a relay race is. It’s a race in which there are normally four runners and they each run a segment called a leg of the race, and they have the responsibility of carrying, during their leg of the race, something called a baton; and… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 1/28/26
Is your “why” valuable enough? Would you walk barefoot for one mile, through the snow, for $5? How about for $100? $10,000? Before we are willing to do something we need to have a purpose for doing it, a “why” for doing it. And the more difficult or dangerous or inconvenient the task, the bigger… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 1/20/26
Many of you are aware that there was a signup sheet for a lady's group to go through “The Purple Book, Biblical Foundations For Building Strong Disciples.” From that we have had several people ask about other times and opportunities to go through The Purple Book in a small group. Because of the interest we… Continue reading 2026 Small Group Information
“The Blessings and Burdens of Church Growth” ABIDE Jesus said, “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5 ESV) We defined abide as living completely dependent and reliant on Jesus… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 1/7/26
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