1 Peter 4:8-Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. One of the things that we’re trying to teach our kids is how to have love and compassion for each other. At this stage in life they have become masters at “outing each other”. Making sure we know who sinned! But like […]
Happy MLK Day! Pastor Eldie preached an inspiring message yesterday on racial reconciliation. Please listen to it on our website when it goes up: www.as1community.com The Bible can inspire us as well as disturb us. It is meant to do that. The Bible is not an anesthetic to our soul but rather a surgery. It will […]
Have you noticed that God wants us to be exactly what strive so hard NOT to be? What do we strive for? We go to school, we get a job so that we won’t be helpless, broken, and dependent! And that is also what we teach our children not to be, for those of us with children. We teach […]
Luke 10:31-32–Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. 32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. God convicts me many of times to things I am “unmoved” by that should […]
How many times would you forgive a person who’s done you wrong? 3 times? 5 times? 7 times? I think I will give up on the person after maybe 3 times. You can fool me 3 times but not more than that! A long time ago, when I was a youth pastor, there was a […]
Luke 10:25-26–And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?“ As many rules, principles, and guidelines you lay down as a parent, teacher, coach, etc. you always […]
If we won’t move, God will force us to move. When I hear about the refugee situations in Europe, I see it as God moving masses of people so that they can hear the gospel. If certain countries, such as Syria, are closed to the gospel, then God will break up that nation and move […]
When I was in high school, I had a friend whose dad was always watching WWII documentaries on his TV/VCR. He was an ex-U.S. military personnel and he would be sitting on his easy chair watching and falling asleep to these old black and white footages from WWII. And I thought to myself, “how can anyone […]
Isaiah 53:5–But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed. When God fetched Adam and Eve out from hiding in shame from what they did, He wanted them to be honest with what happened. That […]
Happy New Year! How do you tell the religious from the gospel-driven? Both are in the church and yet some are religious whereas others are gospel-driven. How do you tell them apart? More importantly, how do you know to which camp you belong? This is of utmost importance because one is saved and the other […]