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This week, our guest speaker Kevin Zais discusses the Israelites in the wilderness and what this story has to tell Christians today.

Hebrews 10:19-25

Excuse the audio quality. We were having some technical difficulties with recording today! Listen with us today as we look at the parable of the ten virgins. How can we be like the wise virgins and bring enough oil for our lamps?

Rev. Hutchison reminds us that we are not alone on our journey through the dark woods of our lives. Jesus believers are with us on the journey.

As I am getting older I find myself groaning much more. I grown when I stand up after sitting for awhile. I groan when I sit after I’ve been standing for awhile. I groan in the morning, groan at night, and groan after I’ve eaten too much. I groan when I see certain things on television, I groan when…

The resurrection is the hinge which the gospel door swings upon.

If we are Christians we will not seek to be praised or exalted of men, and we will not be drawn away from the work by bribes or any flattering inducement. Christians will not be driven from their post of duty by fear or by reproach, by accusation, hatred, or persecution.

By Pastor Glenn Pease William Sangster, the great British preacher, tells of one of the strangest taxes ever imposed. He asked his father one day why so many of the homes in London had blocked up windows. His father explained that back in 1695 every house that had more the 6 windows was taxed for the…

Should Christians dance? Should Christians play cards? Is it right for a Christian to drink alcohol or smoke? These are some of the questions Christians have nowadays. In Corinth, the church there wondered if it was okay for them to read meat which had been sacrificed to idols? Pastor Dean takes a look at what it means to have Christian Liberty.

BY PASTOR GLENN PEASE A small boy sat by the side of a pool fishing. "What are you fishing for," asked a man who passed by. "Sharks," replied the boy. "But there are no sharks in that pool my little man," said the stranger. "There ain't any fish in this pool at all," answered the boy. "So I might as…

BY PASTOR GLENN PEASE A young Christian woman, after only 8 months of marriage came to a counselor complaining that she was as frigid as a ice burg. She had promised herself as a teenager that she would be a virgin on her wedding day. But then she fell madly in love, and after he gave her the ring, and…

By Pastor Glenn Pease The famous author of Mary Had A Little Lamb had a lot to do with when we eat Thanksgiving turkey. Sarah Hale was the key person in persuading Abraham Lincoln to proclaim a national Thanksgiving Day. It was to be on the last Thursday of November, and for 75 years that is when it…

By Pastor Glenn Pease The mayor and other dignitaries were looking into the vast pit dug for the new hospital to be built. The town half-wit came up and gazed into the pit, and asked the mayor what he was going to do with this big hole. The mayor decided to humor him and said, "We are going to round…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Sometimes a man can be so different that nobody can agree with him all the time. Such was the case with Roger Williams, who was the founder of the first Baptist Church in America. He came to America for religious freedom, and he expected to have more of it than anybody was willing…

By Pastor Glenn Pease All our lives we are being tested on our ability to wait. Those who fail to learn early become candidates for insanity. Nothing is more frustrating than to have an impatient mind in a world where you cannot control all that is necessary to fulfill all your desires and dreams. Gutzon…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Admiral Richard Byrd, the famous polar explorer, had adventures of being lost and then found that are amazing. In his book Alone, he tells of being alone for six months in his little shack in 1934 living through a long Antartic winter. Every day he would take a walk, but he would…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Bill Hybels, the popular pastor of the Willow Creek Community Church, one of the fastest growing churches in America, admits that he is not a tender hearted person. By nature he is often cold, hardhearted, and indifferent to the hurting world around him. In his book Who Are You…

By Pastor Glenn Pease The war between the states ended as it did in large measure because of Stonewall Jackson's defeat by his own men. Jackson was fighting brilliantly, and he had the entire Eleventh Union Corps on the run. He then planned his strategy for the final blow. He was within half a mile of…

By Pastor Glenn Pease One of the great paradoxes of life is the fact that the poor can be richer than the rich. Poverty is no necessary hindrance to being wealthy. Wealth, on the other hand, is no guarantee of being truly rich. Even rich Christians are often not rich just because they have wealth. Charles…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Governments often fear Christians because they have a loyalty to God which they put above their loyalty to government, and this limits their power to control. Jesus started this by His famous response, "Render onto Caesar the things that are Caesars and unto God the things that…

Powerfully Equipped Passage: 2 Peter 1:3-11 Introduction: Approach a member of the congregation... - hand him/her a hammer and ask him or her to build something (Slide2) When they say they cannot, ask why not? answer should be something along the lines of (Slide3) - I don’t have the tools - I don’t have…

“Marking Time?” Text: Ephesians 5:15-21 I. Welcome II. Introduction Last Sunday morning, our lesson was on “The Gift of Time” focusing primarily on Gal. 4:4 which states: But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law. God created time “in the…

1Pe 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 1Pe 1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood:…