This week we are going to be talking about transparency I want to start by asking a couple of questions: What do we mean by transparency? Why would the Church be interested in transparency? What does transparency mean in a person? you invite trust by revealing that you have nothing to hide What does…

Proverbs to glean from! In reviewing the Epistle you can see that it is full of proverbs (short witty sayings) to apply and live by. As we wrap up the Epistle there is still much to glean, but first a quick review. Count trials as a joy (Jm1:3) James started back in Jm1:3 about trials, to count them…

By Pastor Glenn Pease It was on Oct. 30, 1938 at 8 P. M. when about 6 million people across the United States were listening to the radio. Orson Wells on The Mercury Theatre Of The Air presented the War Of The Worlds. Dance music was suddenly interrupted with a flash news story. "A series of gas explosions…

The series of lessons called Neither Barren, Nor Unfruitful will look at things we should lay aside from 1 Peter 2:1-2, and things we should take on from 2 Peter 1:5-8, in order that we should be neither barren, nor unfruitful for our Master. This lesson looks at the idea of laying aside malice, and getting our mind right.

Sin makes us perpetually needy souls...the only solution is found in God because His grace and love are unlimited

By Pastor Glenn Pease One of the most common paradoxes of history is the paradox of succeeding through failure. Jesus failed to turn Israel from her sins, and they crucified Him, but He thereby succeeded in paying the penalty for their sin, and also for the sins of the world. By descending into the valley…

Living Right in a culture gone wrong

By Pastor Glenn Pease Doctor A. J. Cronin, the famous physician and author, had a very critical professor when he was in medical school. He told Cronin that he might make a general practitioner, but he was hopeless as a surgeon, and Cronin believed him. Completing his medical training, he went to a remote…

Christians are to live a honest life before non believers.

I. God’s People Should Act Virtuously. (Zech. 8:16) A. God’s People should do the following: B. God’s People Should Act righteously. 1. God’s people should speak the truth to his neighbor. 2. God’s people should judge honestly. a) Give judgment in your gates for truth, b) [Give judgment in your gates…

What is temperance? How do we let what is right in the word take control?

What are we doing to serve the Lord

Paul exhorts Christians to live a new kind of life - a life of purity and love, based on the love of Christ.

Honesty is Hard How do you typically answer when someone asks you “How are you doing?” Good, alright, better than I deserve... Or do you answer how you are really doing? Most of us don’t answer honestly do we. Not because we are intentionally lying, but we just don’t want to complain, or don’t see the…

17 Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. A.C. Green Played 1192 straight games in the NBA from 1985-2001 Nicknamed “Iron Man” Nickname not only for streak, but for playing entire career as Virgin People would send women to try to trip him up He made sure that He always had people around Him…

Background If you have been through a storm in your life, if you have found yourself in the belly of the beast, if you are suffering as a consequence of disobedience or even through no fault of your own, then the prayer of Jonah is for you. You’ll identify with it, learn from it, and be comforted by…

25 Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another. 1. No more faking it cause i am making it. 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” 11 For I…

Intro ps 55:4-8, 12-14 v. 13-- 4 My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen upon me. 5 Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me. 6 And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest; 7 yes, I would wander far away; I would lodge in the…