In the movie, City Slickers, a grizzled cowboy looks at a New York tourist visiting his ranch and says, “you know what the secret of life is? ONE THING.” Today, we’re going to look at how the Apostle Paul, in… Read More
The Ministry of Encouragement
Pastor Dan recently exhorted us to good works as he taught from Titus 3:8. This included serving, loving, and reaching out to others in our family, church, and community. My family has been the recipient of much love and support… Read More
Harmonizing Faith, Works, and Belief
This requires a study of the totality of scripture versus a specific passage and this is not meant to be an exhaustive study. The aim is to provide some help in thinking about all three. Note: we embrace Sola fide… Read More
Legalism: Poison for the Soul
From the very inception of the church, the issue of legalism has been the most dogged and formidable opponent to the Gospel message. The belief that the saving work of Jesus is what he provides + something else (being circumcised,… Read More
Believer or Make Believer?
Today, we will consider three distinguishing marks of those who choose to trust Jesus and those who choose to trust in themselves. In our time today, our hope is that we will all find a renewed determination to fight for… Read More