Author Archives: PastorDave

The Berean Fellowship – come and join us!

Posted on September 6, 2020 by PastorDave

These lesson notes were written and prepared for our church’s Sunday School class, so they will contain references that will be personal and specific for our group – but I pray and hope they are general enough to be helpful … Continue reading →

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How to Establish and Practice A Daily Time With God

Posted on September 5, 2020 by PastorDave

These lesson notes were prepared and presented to our church’s Sunday School class, so they may contain personal references to our group – but I pray and hope they are general enough to prove helpful and beneficial to others also … Continue reading →

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I am just a plain man seeking God!

Posted on September 1, 2020 by PastorDave

I AM JUST A PLAIN MAN SEEKING GOD … Have you ever wondered what it would be like to read the Bible for the first time? Without knowing what you already know about God and the Bible? Just to open … Continue reading →

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“My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of Glory” (James 2.1)

Posted on August 9, 2020 by PastorDave

Like you, I have thought about these same issues for years now – and even more so within the last year, especially … and even more, more so since the events of the past few months have exploded these crucial … Continue reading →

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The Way of the Dragon or The Way of the Lamb

Posted on July 8, 2020 by PastorDave

BOOK REVIEW The Way of the Dragon or The Way of the Lamb | (Searching for Jesus’ path of power in a church that has abandoned it) Jamin Goggin & Kyle Strobel | Nelson Books, 2017 Actually, I heard this … Continue reading →

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“BLESS YOU, MOM!”

Posted on June 26, 2020 by PastorDave

Today is my Mom’s birthday. So, as a partial expression of my love for her, I want to excerpt a portion from a message I preached on Mother’s Day, 13 May 2001. The message is from Proverbs 31.28, “Her children … Continue reading →

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“My Father! My Father!” – a testimony to Grace

Posted on June 21, 2020 by PastorDave

…an excerpt from my portion of a personal tribute delivered at our Dad’s Memorial Worship Service… 15 February 2013 Reading from the Word of God… Psalm 103.1-5 Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless … Continue reading →

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Come Spring! (a little fun-love-song)

Posted on June 18, 2020 by PastorDave

O! those mountains stand so tall and dark that lie across the way and they seem to hold their hands up to the sky just to keep me from my True Love who is on the other side! but I … Continue reading →

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FOLLOWING JESUS – the sequel

Posted on May 24, 2020 by PastorDave

24 May 2020 I am smack in the middle of the third anniversary of probably the most transitional week of my life, and especially of my ministry (and I’m including my wife in this also since we are in and … Continue reading →

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Jesus Christ, The Gospel, and Reconciliation

Posted on September 19, 2019 by PastorDave

Jesus Christ, The Gospel, and Reconciliation The following quotation is from Darrell L. Bock [Tyndale New Testament Commentaries] on Ephesians 2.14-16. While this textual commentary speaks of the conflict, divide, tensions, and even hatred [one of the meanings of the word … Continue reading →

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