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This week, we started a new series entitled “Small but Seen.” Pastor Lawrence reminded us of a familiar truth: “God cares about us!” Much like knowing a loved one cares for you, reminders are still required. God, being infinite, can cause us to feel small in comparison. As federal employees lose jobs, immigration deports people,…

Over the last few months, our focus has been on the association of Jesus to the names of God provided in the Bible.  Perhaps to set up the beginning of that study, we look at some of the most important names of Christ, as our Savior. In Luke 1:31, the angel Gabriel tells Mary that…

“Hosanna” was this week’s name in the ongoing series Above Every Name. Pastor Mark reminded us of the events of Palm Sunday as Jesus and his followers approached Jerusalem, he instructed his disciples to obtain a donkey and a colt. This act was to fulfill Messianic prophecy from over 900 years prior. (Zechariah 9:9) “Rejoice…

This past Sunday, Pastor Andriel challenged us to live in eternity, which for Christ-followers means in the present.  While we tend to focus on our aches, wants, and needs in this temporary body in which we live, our focus should be on being ready for Christ’s return.  We should be living in eternity in our…

On a recent Sunday, after service, one of our faithful members who happens to be a retired pastor, and I were chatting in the Town Hall. I told him that I was so glad to see him and I had missed seeing him the past couple of Sundays. He said, “man, I’m here every chance…

In last Sunday’s sermon, I explored the profound reality of God as the Holy One—a theme that echoes from the Old Testament to the New Testament. God repeatedly calls His people to holiness, reflecting His own nature. This call is not just an expectation but should define the lives of those who follow Him. God, the…

“Alpha & Omega” was the focus of the ongoing series Above Every Name. Pastor Mark taught using the books of Genesis, John, and Revelation. He took us from the first line of Genesis to the last page of Revelation, A to Z, start to finish, explaining how God and Jesus are simultaneously the past, present,…

Psalm 7:1-2 (ESV) O Lord my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me, lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.   Psalm 7:17 (ESV): I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and…

Yahweh is the name of God.  Unlike the other names we have studied during this series, it is not a descriptive one but is His own name, I AM.  As pastor Harry expressed to us this past Sunday by reading Exodus 3:13-14 Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel…

In the Old Testament, shalom is a familiar Hebrew word for peace, a very common word among Jewish people and the most normal greeting among them.  They used it as a wish for completeness, fulfillment or blessing.  This is a different kind of peace than the world can offer, which is really just an absence…