In 1 Corinthians 10 the Apostle Paul was encouraging believers to live the Christian life with humility.  While Christians enjoy freedom from the oppression often found in religious structure (and in Paul’s day the religious pharisaical structure), Paul wanted the church in Corinth to practice the ideal of valuing the needs of others over the… Read More »

Hey Christian Alliance Church Family, keep those HEAVEN questions coming!  If you have a question about HEAVEN use the connection card in your bulletin to submit it to me.  On May 26 I am going to answer as many of them as I can during the message time of the service.  But, since I have… Read More »

I thought for this PS’s Pondering I would address a question that has be asked a few times.  One thing I wonder about Heaven is… Will there be animals in Heaven, Is there a Pet Heaven (from little Hazel Miller :), Will my pet be in Heaven with me? Will there be animals in Heaven? … Read More »

Well, winter is over!  I’m not superstitious at all, but I may have knocked on my wooden desk as I wrote that… I mean, after all… we DO live in Northern Ohio… so you never know.  The passing of winter brings the freshness of spring.  It also brings with it the necessity of spring cleaning… Read More »

A few nights ago I had a rather intense dream.  In the dream, I was on a work project with a bunch of other Christian folks and we were building a church building, but nothing seemed to be going right.  We kept experiencing roadblocks for every job that we tried to do. First, we needed… Read More »

“Jesus is alive!  He is risen from the dead!” Mary Magdalene exclaimed to the disciples huddled in that upper room, hiding in fear and despair.  Have you ever wondered what that moment looked like?  In my active imagination, I picture Mary bursting through the door; panting and out of breath, with her hair all wild… Read More »

Once while on vacation my wife and I rented bikes in Central Park.  It was a beautiful day in NYC and the park was crowded with folks from the City getting in their weekend exercise.  The couple in line in front of us where carefully attempting to take note of all of the details surrounding… Read More »

It was a beautiful day Tuesday… at least… that’s my excuse.  The sun was shining and the temperature was 65 and I was enjoying it, baby!  I made a quick stop at Community Market in Plymouth to pick up lunch for a staff meeting and I was driving to the church on State Route 61… Read More »

In 1775 the United States government founded a military branch known as the Continental Marines. Later named the Marine Corps, these highly trained fighters traveled aboard Naval vessels and usually were the first military personnel to see armed action in times of war. Over the past 2 centuries, the United States Marines have become the… Read More »

Recently while on vacation Lauri and I visited the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.  KSC is where NASA launches all of its rockets.  The Gemini Program that orbited Earth… The Apollo Rockets that went to the Moon, and all of the Space Shuttle Missions launched from Kennedy Space Center.   In fact, the day… Read More »