“Our God is in heaven, and He does whatever He pleases” (Psalm 115:3). Your free will is not on an equal footing with God’s sovereignty. God has a free will, and so do we, but God’s will is more free than ours. Ours is a limited freedom. It is not…

“Sing to the Lord, all the earth” (Psalm 96:1). Music has three important parts. 1. Connection — Music comes in various types and styles because God made us all uniquely different, with different likes and dislikes. He also made us body, soul, and spirit, and music is the only thing…

“You have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith” (Matthew 23:23). Values and beliefs are not the same. The Pharisees claimed to value the law. They professed to love God’s word, yet they also believed that they were the only ones who could correctly understand, interpret…

“For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord” (Habakkuk 2:14). God is ever working toward this purpose. He wants us to see His glory in the world around us, in the flowers of the field, the birds of the air, the majesty of…

“Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit” (Zechariah 4:6). The Holy Spirit is the “it” factor. You can tell if a church is Holy Spirit empowered by the following five “it” factors: 1. There is a deep passion for Jesus. People from top to bottom are excited…

The Reluctant Perspective of an Old Geezer — My first thought about so-called personal branding? What a load of hogwash! I mean, do you really need to put yourself out there like that? Back in the day, we didn’t need fancy branding to get ahead in business. We just put on our stiff shirts and fat neckties and…

“The Lord is faithful” (2 Thessalonians 3:3). May 1st is the ten year anniversary of the start of our church. Maybe that doesn’t seem like much, but to us it is an expression of God’s great love and faithfulness. We started out as a prayer group on Saturday nights. We…

Verse 1: Hey, it’s me spitting truth about the Trinity A mystery sublime revealed just in time Without the Bible, we wouldn’t know, God’s triune nature isn’t just for show. Chorus: One God, three persons, all in unity Father, Son, and Spirit, the Trinity Essence, Existence, and Personhood God’s distinctives need to be understood…

“No one has seen God at anytime” (John 1:18). God is spirit in His essence, He is eternal in His being, He is triune in His person, He is perfect in His attributes, and He is sovereign in all His relationships.