Pastor’s Message (Page 28)
Dear soldiers, Following Jesus in this crooked, twisted and evil world mandates that we choose “the narrow path” each and every day. The broad path leads to destruction and multitudes are on that path blindly following blind men. The destination is not in question – the pit! Jesus tells a parable regarding the wheat and…
Dear friends, “Life can turn on a dime!” This may be the first time some of you have ever heard this expression? It means that “life is often governed by very small events,” just like a dime is a small coin. I was at the gym chatting with a couple of people when a Nigerian…
Dear friends, Is everyday an “Easter Day” for you? “When they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her (Mary), they refused to believe it.” Mark 16:11 The disciples refused to believe that Jesus was alive – do you believe it? Do you believe He is alive in you? He either is…
Every language has a way of talking about death in a way that makes a normally serious or unpleasant subject not quite so intense. For instance, Glen tells us that in Zimbabwe when someone dies, they say he or she is “late”. Africaans – Hy het sy oë toe gemaak vir die laaste keer –…
Dear Church Family, I have bridges on the brain. Specifically, I want to build them with YOU, YOUR GROUP and our SHOWING PROJECT PARTNERS. I hope that you won’t miss the SHOWING FAIR on Sunday, May 5. “Building Bridges Inside and Out” means: • All our people GROWING in groups • Our groups SHOWING God’s…
In 1964 Walt Disney produced what some people consider to be his crowning achievement in live action film making. That year Mary Poppins was nominated for 13 Academy Awards, and won 5, including Best Actress for Julie Andrews and Best Original Song for “Chim Chim Cher-ee”. In one memorable scene the whimsical nanny reached into…
Dear sojourners, People sometimes say, “what is this world coming to? To an end! If you asked me this question, “Glen are we living in the last days?” I would respond by saying, “I don’t know about the last of the last days, but I do know that you and I are living in our…
Dear friends, Slow down please! I was headed to 24-hour fitness a few years ago on De Anza/Sunnyvale when all of a sudden I was passed by someone who was well over the speed limit – I’m talking well over! Of course, I always drive the speed limit. Just ask Patty as I’m quite sure…
Dear friends, Got any secrets? If so, who are you keeping them from? God would be a poor choice as He knows your thoughts before you think them, your words before you speak them, your deeds before you do them and your choices before you make them. A secret is something kept from knowledge or…
Dear friends, You can’t escape! It is an impossibility! You may think you can, but I am telling you that you don’t stand “a ghost of a chance!” Paul in our study in Philippians deals with a lot of “certainties.” Here is one what every person who has ever lived will participate in: “So that…