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This coming Sunday, May 11, is Mother’s Day. Happy Mother’s Day to all of you. At church this Sunday I’m using this day to begin a new series of messages that somebody might even consider Christian counseling. I would really consider it to be Christian discipleship in all of the different phases of life. Let me explain.  I’ve been in some form of ministry either as a youth director for the first few years or as a pastor here now…

Two Sundays ago, we completed our study of the Gospel of Mark when Billy gave us a message on the Resurrection. If you recall my message on the introduction to the Gospel of Mark back in September 2024, I said that the whole gospel was likely based on Mark’s conversations with the Apostle Peter. Peter and Mark were close friends, and Peter was likely a mentor to Mark. Peter comes up a lot in the gospel. Peter was the first…

As a missions pastor, naturally I am always willing to speak about the Great Commission. So, when Billy asked me to finish up our series in the book of Mark by preaching the Great Commission, it was kind of a no-brainer…at least until I started really working on it.  In my head, the Great Commission was a natural follow-up to the resurrection: Jesus is alive, our sins are forgiven, he is victorious—therefore, we should go tell everyone! However, unlike Matthew’s…

Are you familiar with this old children’s prayer? Now I lay me down to sleep,I pray the Lord my soul to keep. And if I die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul to take. Amen. The first appearance of this poetic prayer was in Thomas Fleet’s New England Primer in 1737. It soon became widespread in its use in Christian households, and was referred to as one of the “Common Prayers” that can be used by families to teach…