The Apostles’ Creed begins with the words, “I believe in God…” It then goes on to affirm the trinitarian nature of God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Asking Christians to affirm this belief seems a bit like asking a bird to affirm the sky...
As soon as Paul wrote in Romans 5 that where sin increases, grace abounds all the more, the questions arose, “What about sin and the Christian? Does a Christian continue in sin in light of God’s grace? Do we sin as a way of showing how...
In March of this year, our world changed. Due to coronavirus, work, school, church, and many other parts of our lives either stopped happening or were drastically altered. When this happened, our prayers reflected these changes. We prayed for medicines and a vaccine to combat the...
There are two ways we find ourselves far from what we know to be true and good. One way is by making a big, decisive move to another position and place. The other way is to drift there. Drifting can be the result of many mini-decisions...
In a few hours I will attend the grave-side service of Lee Anderton, the oldest member of Grace Community Church. Lee died this week at 101 years of age. When I met Lee and he joined our congregation, he was already in his mid-eighties. I quickly...
We’re reading along in Romans and we come to chapter four. A man named Abraham appears. Do we read on, or skip to chapter five? If we think that reading about Abraham is for the Jewish people only, we’ll move on. If we see Abraham as...
Brothers and Sisters in Christ, are you pressing on or have you grown weary in well doing? Are you still praying? We have further to go on this journey. We are not home, yet. There is much to do here for the glory of our King....
Dear Congregation, For twenty-seven years it has been my hope that Grace Community Church would be a praying congregation. I believe prayer is at the heart of what it means for us to be Christians and a local church. Prayer is only possible because Jesus made the way...
A snap-shot scene from the ministry of Jesus among his disciples is instructive for us as his followers today. It’s a scene that points to the transformation Jesus works in us and therefore among us as his church. In Mark 9:33 we read that Jesus and...
“… that we may be encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.” Romans 1:12 This morning’s phone call was supposed to be a pastoral care situation. That’s where someone asks me a question and then I give an answer. This is the way the world...
