I just got done reading our state association's newspaper. While there were wonderful stories about what men were doing, that is where it stopped. It's as though, being churchy, "god people," is enough so whatever we do must be blessed.

"Don't worry God...we've got it from here!"

This is the fundamental error of our era. We have a form of godliness....but without power.

Why else would we get excited about remodeling and painting a church building that was at one time thriving, but which has sat empty for the last 14 months? The title of the the article which was the front page MAIN article, was "Strategy: Multiplication." I missed the point of the article. Because once you got past the title there was nothing there that was glorifying of God or which smacked of the "strategy."

I've been preaching from Esther for the last few weeks.  If you want to see the sermons, they're available in the sermon area.  Esther is an interesting book.  It is the only book of the Bible which does not explictly  mention God.  The remarkable thing about this is that God's intervention is so obvious throughout the book that the failure to mention that it is God who is doing all of these things becomes blatant.

Just a brief note to let everyone know that you will not hear about politics from the pulpit or from this web site.  Our Lord Jesus gave us a single commission, to go and make disciples.  We understand that people that aren't in church do things differently and feel differently than we do about a variety of subjects.  There is no sense debating with you about those things.  Our job is to take all the obstacles out of the way so that you will be able to hear the "Good News."  If we were to start ranting and raving about political parties, or social issues, you might not be willing to listen to the most important message that you will ever hear.  If  you've never heard the Gospel, then click on the Gospel link on the side.

This is what we are all about, at least for us.  It is not about marketing, money, or the latest cause or pop psychology.  We apologize if the Gospel is offensive, but Jesus warned that the world would hate us if it hated Him.  But please stop and think about that for a moment, because if you hate hearing the gospel, then that means that you hate what Jesus came to do.  And if you hate what He came to do then you hate Him and the One Who sent Him.

Won't you seek God ...instead of pushing Him away?

God Bless,

Rob