“For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain…I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on our account. Convinced of...
What If? What if Jesus didn’t rise from the dead? What if the tomb was never really empty? What if the bones of Jesus are buried somewhere, someplace, at sometime? Then… - The disciples Matthew and John lied to us. Mark and Luke were deceived or knowingly lied...
Palm Sunday is upon us, the day Jesus rode upon a donkey on the road leading to the entrance into Jerusalem. The road was lined with people treating Jesus as a king by laying palm branches and even their cloaks on the road before...
God doesn’t deal with us according to our sins but according to Christ, and all praise be to God for that! I invite you to read these verses of Psalm 103 and know that they are for you. Listen to the promise within these Holy Spirit inspired...
“Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” Psalm 51:7 It’s easy to skim over David’s words, “purge me with “hyssop” אֵזוֹב(ezov),” and completely miss the Holy Spirit tapping us on the shoulder. Hyssop is a...
“Keep ‘the main thing’ the main thing.” Have you ever heard that expression before or ones like it? Or perhaps, “keep your priorities straight.” I need to remind myself of sayings like these when life gets a little chaotic or overwhelming. When daily life gets so busy that you...
We are still in February and Ash Wednesday is upon us; it’s hard to believe we are already heading towards Easter. One week from today, millions of Christians around the world will attend a service where these words are spoken over them, “Remember, you are dust,...
I remember, when I was a chemistry student, one of the principles we were taught was in a closed system (like the world we live in), if left alone, things will always go from order to disorder unless outside energy is put into it. We...
1Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! 2I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. 3Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. 4When his breath departs he returns to...
It is my joy to wish you a most blessed Christmas, as the pastor at Prince of Peace. I am thankful for all of you who make up our Prince of Peace family. I would love to see you during one of our services over the...