Text For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first …
Deep Joy
What is the Gospel?
Many years ago, when our church was just beginning to take ourselves seriously as a real church, the newly formed elder board decided to …
Episode 24 – Happiness vs. Joy
We often hear that God wants us to be happy and that blessing is often equated with being happy. But is this what blessed means and does God …
Fake Glory
As I’ve observed folks over the years it occurred to me that people do what they do for glory. And when they don’t get glory, they get …
Blessing doesn’t mean happy
Introduction Back when I was a boy there was a Peanuts cartoon that showed a boy hugging a little puppy and the caption said, “Happiness …
Episode 17 – The Godness of God
Sometimes, maybe often, when presented with people and their problems, we are tempted to be sucked into the problem with them and to try to …
Hard Providence
Hi Pastor Smith, I'm really sorry to hear this. its a really hard providence and situation. Here's what I think: You can only do …
Episode 16 – Disagreeing Agreeably
We put up another Podcast. You can find it here. We live in a world of differences: opinions, looks, ideas, thoughts, behaviors, etc. We …
Podcast 11: Presuppositions Part 2
We put up another Podcast. You can find it here. God is sovereign over everything that happens. Our choices are freely made, and God …
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