Pastoral Reflections

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Does God Call Me to Vote?

The elections are upon us. Politicians are intensifying their campaigns for a final push for votes. What are your thoughts about voting? On the one hand, the ability to vote in our democracy…

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Family Discipleship

Families really matter. They are the basic building block of society. Some families are blocks of strength. Others are fragile and weak. What does the Bible say constitutes a family well built?…

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Our Only Comfort

Life is uncomfortable. There is the Fall forecast of Flu and Covid. There is the urgency of the upcoming election. There is a wavering economy in need of a stimulus package…

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The Subtlety of Idolatry

Forest fires are ravaging the West. Just this year in California there have been over 8000 fires covering more than 4 million acres costing $1.5 billion in damages with 29 people dead…

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Preparing to Vote

The election is drawing near. Campaigns are ramping up. Rhetoric is intensifying. How should believers prepare themselves to vote? Please be encouraged by this excerpt from David Platt’s…

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Always Being Prepared

The pandemic has made life difficult in many ways. For example, one difficulty among many is education. Teachers overhauled their usual in-person plan for a virtual setting and have been…

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As You See the Day Drawing Near

Hope is powerful. It propels an athlete through intense training. It fuels a violinist through hours of practice. It enables a student to prioritize studying over playing. It allows us to…

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Encourage One Another

Discouragement is all around. Social discord, forest fires, hurricanes, the pandemic and vitriolic political discourse is only heating up. And beyond this general sense…

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Love is Inconvenient

There is something convenient about the modern conception of love. It regards personal preference. It is oriented to the self. It is “me” directed. But the Scripture…

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Together

It is so good to be together. How true this has been in light of spending so many months apart! Our last ‘normal’ Sunday worship was March 8th. And while the limited reopening…

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Death

Death has been in the news lately. The COVID pandemic has recorded an estimated 700,000 deaths worldwide with 160,000 in the United State. Tropical storm Isaias left 9 dead from tornadoes…

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Write It Down

You can think about your goals. Or talk about them. But there is something lacking until you write them down. Experts explain that you are 42% more likely to achieve your goals…

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Preaching to Yourself

We do not live by food alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God (Matt. 4:4). How does one live by the Word of God? There are the important aspects of reading…

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Fighting Depression

I’ve had countless conversations about the troubles of our day. And all of this trouble fits within a context of isolation. It’s a foreboding storm that often leads us to feelings of depression…

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Pain and Suffering

The news drips with pain and suffering. Someone, somewhere in the world is enduring the fire of affliction. This fire is inescapable. Even as I read about the pain and suffering of others, I can understand…

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