Should you call me Reverend, Rabbi, pastor? I prefer you Just call me Bob. We are sometimes “less than holy”. Explore the hypocrisy in your own hearts. Do you “DO” only to receive praise? Are the cameras on you, even if just in your mind’s eye? Have you given up the simple and quiet satisfaction [...]
In answer to the Pharisees question Jesus gives two separate commands: the first and greatest is to love God. The second, which is ‘like’ the first to love neighbor. Jesus gives a nod to Deut. 6 here and Allen Hilton asks: “What is it to love God whole-lifedly?” Or maybe put another way: What if [...]
Jesus says in essence here: “Show me the money.” This is no line from the film Jerry McGuire, but rather the implication that money says something…or better, how we use our money says something about where our hearts are. SO, what’s in YOUR wallet? Matthew 22.15-22
Most of us have had our whining sessions with God…and more often than not it’s when things aren’t going our way. Job had every reason to gripe to ‘the boss’ (and He is remarkably silent!) What do we do when God seems far away? Job 23.1-9, 16-17 We thank the family of David M Bailey [...]
We welcome Rev Gary Baker When things don’t go the way you expect…Or…When things don’t go the way we want! Sometimes what happens is really for the best. When did you have doubts that God did not appear to be working towards YOUR game plan? It helps to turn to God’s word Isaiah 55:8-9 8 [...]
