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Jesus replied, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest...

“Now I say that you are Peter (which means rock), and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer...

Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for...

Alpha USA My church has just completed our first Alpha. In this post, I will share some information about what Alpha is, why we chose...

I preached this sermon on June 15, 2025 Do you know how many of Joseph’s words were recorded in Scripture?    None; we have no words from...

Pray with the faith of a child. The best resource I have found for reviving my prayer life is Mark Batterson's book, Draw the Circle ....

I preached this sermon on Mother's Day 2025. When I was in seminary, I took a class that explored personality and family backgrounds. One...

Mount Rainier Sixteen months ago, my dad died. I watched him struggle through two months of medical problems, then after three weeks in...

John 10: 1-18 Sermon preached December 29, 2024 Introduction Before verse one in Chapter 10, Jesus and his disciples encountered a blind...

In a past blog , I shared God's call to reach unbelievers. I concluded that God was leading me in two directions. One direction was...

You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for...

In this post, I will continue to share the books I have been reading recently. My primary focus is T he Great Dechurching because it...

In my quest to increase outreach at my current church or plant a new church, I have spent countless hours researching and reading books...

Sermon preached September 1, 2024 Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai, "Go and gather together all the Jews of Susa and fast for me....

Recently, I attended a two-day training led by the River Network Church Planting training. It was not only informational but also...

Sermon preached on July 14, 2024 Oh Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. You made all the delicate, inner parts...

I have read numerous books written by survivors of the Holocaust, and while they all touched my heart as I witnessed through the written...

I was sorting through some boxes this weekend and found the following poem. As I reach retirement age, I look back on my life and realize...

I've been thinking about outreach a lot lately, especially as I have read the book Unchristian by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons. I don't...

I have published my first book, Dear John: Discovering God's Perfect Love in an Imperfect World. I prayed as I wrote the book that as the...