Pastor’s Blog

If you were to do a casual man-on-the-street style interview and ask, “What does the Bible say we should be,” without a doubt the most frequent and common answer would follow something like this: “Well, I think the Bible says that people should be good.” This is an example of how “keeping it simple” fails in delivering on something that deserves more detail. To the scripturally savvy an over-simplification just, well, tastes flat, especially when one’s palate expects the rich…

Kirby J. Hensley was a lifelong illiterate who, despite never having read the Bible, became a self-educated Baptist minister. A construction worker by trade, in 1952 Hensley felt compelled to plant a house of worship in his own garage. His motivation was not from spiritual conviction, however. Hensley was aggravated by the tax exempt status of churches. Yet, by 1962, his new church had been incorporated and recognized by the IRS as a tax exempt entity. This apparent contradiction is…

“For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.” 2 Timothy 4:3-4 Early this past November, NBC News reported on a “study” produced by an “international consortium of more than 11,000 scientists.” Those numbers are newsworthy,…

“Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.” 1 Corinthians 9:25 Millenials, perhaps, have become an all too ready target for teasing. In an address to mostly baby-boomers, the Michigan Church Extension Fund VP of Marketing & Relations freely admitted that his generation –(Andy’s a millenial)– really did grow up receiving those much joked about…

According to the students at Union Theological Seminary, “we must birth new theology.” What would a new theology look like, you may ask. Well, in this case, praying to plants!

“…perseverance produces character, and character produces hope.” – Romans 5:4 I am told that, when it comes to specialized military training, boundaries of extreme deprivation and injury are being constantly tested in order to convince our elite forces that when our brains tell us we have absolutely expended 100% of our physical abilities, we’re only about 80% correct. This speaks to one of the pillars of a soldier’s success: Taking persistent, unrelenting action to accomplish your mission despite your circumstances.…