The Church-pioneers of racial reconciliation Introduction: Giving the Word the authority to change us… James 1:19-21-Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness that God requires. 21 Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant […]
3 Ways to Live (1/8/17 Galatians #9) ATTN: Happy New Year! Welcome to our first service of the year as we took a break last Sunday after a phenomenal retreat. I want to thank the Youth and Young adults again for planning and leading the retreat. Two of the things we have envisioned for our […]
Glory and Peace (12/18/16 Advent #3: Luke 2:14) ATTN: We’ve heard freedom isn’t free. And it’s true. The freedom that we enjoy in this country is because men and women have sacrificed their lives to earn for us, from the pilgrim’s time to the civil war to WWII. Something as simple as being able to […]
ATTN: When I asked my Chinese students if they celebrated Christmas in China, they said “no.” As a matter of fact, they don’t even get a break on Christmas Day since it is not a holiday. Those of us living in the U.S. find it hard to fathom not celebrating or even recognizing Christmas. At […]
ATTN: There are two ways to obtain happiness or joy. One is by changing the outer self and the other is changing the inner self. By outer self, I mean physical, material, self which is directly influenced by our outer circumstances. This is how most people try to obtain happiness – by changing their outer […]
ATTN: As many of you know, I teach part-time at a Christian high school, and one of the classes I’m teaching is Calculus. It is the highest math in high school and in order to be in my class, you have to have a B or better in Pre-calculus class. I have five students in […]
ATTN: Here’s my aim on Sunday mornings through the preaching of the word. Imagine you are by a river and you see a person floating down the river asking desperately for help. You are a good swimmer and so you go and grab this person by the neck and rescue this person. But a few […]
ATTN: If you didn’t know, I like sports. Janet and I pretty much follow all major sports and watch every major championships – NFL, NBA, MLB, NCAA March Madness, Tennis, and of course the Olympics. Heck, we even started watching horse races because we liked the movie Secretariat so much! I think we all understand […]
ATTN: A man named Josh McDowell said something very helpful for parents, teachers, pastors, or anyone else who works with people. “Rules without relationships lead to rebellion.” Simply telling people to follow rules will often cause them to rebel. But when we build a relationship with them, when they know that we love and care […]