The story of Zaccheus is a well-known favorite, and certainly one of the most often told Sunday School stories. The liability here is that we think of it as just a Sunday School story. Then there’s the song: “Zaccheus was a wee little man and a wee little man was...

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "Slaves & Masters, Part II". [Watch video]One of the fascinating things I learned while studying slavery the last few weeks was the place of Christianity during the Civil War. As a retired Navy Chaplain, I was interested to learn that during...

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Chris's sermon entitled "Fatherhood". [Watch video]Repentance is a humbling concept, especially for men. If repentance could be taken in pill form, it would come in a brightly colored jar with all sorts of wonderful benefits printed on the label. But inside that jar would...

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "The Mystery of Marriage". [Watch video]My wife and I love a good whodunit. We often watch British mysteries online or on TV. The thing about mysteries is this, someone has to die. Yup, someone dies just for our entertainment! Of...

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "The Highest Calling". [Watch video]Our garage nearly flooded this week as all our snow and ice began to melt. Water takes the path of least resistance and the frozen ground combined with rain and snowmelt meant the path of least...

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "A High Calling". [Watch video]Many years ago, our family experienced a couple of Navy deployments. The first one was when Ben was on an aircraft carrier, and the other was when he went to Iraq. Both times meant months of...

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "Marriage Equality, Part II". [Watch video]Does God know the end from the beginning? Is He really the Alpha and Omega, the God who was, and is, and is to come? Does God know what is going to happen in history? Consider...

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "Marriage Equality". [Watch video]Last Sunday we began laying the groundwork for the subject of marriage in Ephesians 5. Why must we lay groundwork by talking about “Marriage Equality” before we address husbands and wives? The reason is that our culture...

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "The Christmas Story". [Watch video]Why shepherds? Why did the first public announcement of the birth of Christ go to shepherds? The usual reason given is because they were “lowly shepherds,” and Jesus came to the lowly. There is some truth...

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "Season of Sanctity". [Watch video]Joseph and Mary are an example of a godly couple who lived out what it means to be “one flesh.” Fine for them, and fine for those married couples who can learn from them. But what...

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Chris's sermon entitled "Seasons of Sacrifice". [Watch video]When Satan is up at night worrying, I imagine it is often about men like Joseph. Men like (and this is the name that really makes him shudder) Jesus. Men who are meek. More on this in...

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "A Life of Fullness". [Watch video]More on the filling of the Spirit... Certainly, when the Holy Spirit is working unabated there will be realization that God is doing something unique and supernatural. J.I. Packer in his excellent book, Keep in...

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "The Walk of the Wise". [Watch video]If you’ve ever traveled on the Tube, London’s underground rail system, you’ve heard this recorded warning to “mind the gap!” Each time you get on or off a train you are warned of the...

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "Light, Dark & Shades of Gray". [Watch video]It really is quite simple. Christians are to be light in a world of darkness. One of our immediate thoughts is that this is about “witnessing.” Perhaps. We should always be looking for...

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "The Great Imitation". [Watch video]The Apostle Paul tells us in Ephesians 5:1, “Be imitators of God as beloved children.” We saw Sunday that beloved children will imitate their fathers naturally and willingly. God is our Father, but also our God....

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "Ephesians 1-4 Rewind". [Watch video]As I said Sunday, Ephesians 2:1-10 is the most personal passage in the book for me.Ephesians 2:1 states, “And you were dead in your trespasses and sins in which you formerly walked…” We used to “walk”...

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "Praise for Grace & Mercy". [Watch video]We are frail, God is eternal. That is the gist of David’s words in Psalm 103:15, 17, “As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes....

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "Praise!". [Watch video]Psalm 113 calls us to praise God at all times in all places. But shouldn’t our life match what we say? In our sermon prep time last week Chad Ingalls made this point rather well. He said, “You...

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "Drawing Near to a Holy God". [Watch video]Often quoted are the words of the Rollings Stones, “You can’t always get what you want.” Now the Rolling Stones are certainly no font of godly wisdom, but these words are certainly true....

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "Time Flies, So What?". [Watch video]Psalm 90 is a wake-up call to the brevity of our lives. I believe this past Sunday many of us were challenged with the call to “teach us to number our days, that we may...