“Our God and Savior, Jesus Christ”

This past Sunday as we began our study on 1 Thessalonians we took time to look at verse 1:1…
“Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.”
Now this is one of those verses that we can so easily [...]

“Well Done Good And Faithful Servant…”

Last Saturday night one of God’s faithful servants was called home to Glory.  His name – Pastor Paul Ratcliffe.  As it happens, he served the church that I now pastor for over 25 years and was also instrumental in my coming to serve as Sr. Pastor at Castro Valley First Baptist Church.
Although my [...]

Surfing Highlights…

I spend a little bit of time surfing around on certain sites that I find helpful and informative.  So, here are a few that I want to make you aware of…

A helpful explanation of the current financial crisis by Douglas Diamond and Anil Kashcan be found here…

Also, Gospel For Asia, continues to update us [...]

Sarah Palin and Biblical Womanhood

The recent appointment of Sarah Palin to the Republican ticket has created a lot of discussion in our culture on a number of fronts – political, religious, gender – and is creating an opportunity to reaffirm the beauty of God’s high view of womanhood and the important and unique role He has ordained for them.
Having [...]

11th Hour Christians

You know what I’m talking about.  You’ve said it plenty of times.  You hear it from all sorts of people, but the ones that seem to say it the most are our children.  There is something raw and unrefined about how they express themselves that can, at times, be refreshing and honest.  So, what is [...]

In Our Ever Changing World…

Here are some new definitions to common words…  You might want to change your vocabulary…
1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.
3. Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. Esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. [...]

An Incredible Testimony!

I want to share with you the testimony of one of my friends, Mike Sanders.  I realize that me sharing his testimony doesn’t sound really exciting, but let me encourage you to think otherwise as I believe there is a lot for us to learn from it…trust me!
I remember him sharing this during one of [...]

Your Gonna Get Wet!

In 1 Corinthians 5 the Apostle Paul confronts the Corinthian church for their boasting and arrogance concerning the presence of unrepentant sin in their fellowship – the sin of incest.  He begins by identifying the problem, then he tells them what they needed to do…

1It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, [...]

Doctor Who?

One of the drawbacks to being flexible to God’s leading and direction in life is in the arena of health care.  I remember when I was a Youth Pastor at First Baptist Church of West Seneca, NY, a suburb of Buffalo, that I had two excellent docotors – O’Conner and Massardri.  They knew me well [...]

Persecution in Orissa, India.

With our connections through Sisters in service we are aware that persecution of Christians in Orissa is on the rise.

Please pray for believers that are suffering from the ongoing attacks in the state of Orissa. All of our partner ministries have trained leaders, families and churches that have been destroyed, many are in [...]