Category Archives: I’ve been thinking

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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“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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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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O God! You are my God!

Posted on February 24, 2019 by PastorDave

Psalm 63.1-4 A Davidic psalm. When he was in the Wilderness of Judah. 1 God, You are my God; I eagerly seek You.I thirst for You; my body faints for You in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water. … Continue reading →

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Six years ago today – and still ‘transfixed on Jesus’ Face’!

Posted on February 10, 2019 by PastorDave

Today is The Lord’s Day, February 10, 2019. I am noting the date and day because today is the sixth anniversary (2013) of our Dad’s dying from here and going Home to Heaven and entering the Presence of Christ. I … Continue reading →

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Why is praying so hard?

Posted on February 8, 2019 by PastorDave

WHY IS PRAYING SO HARD? We all know that we must pray. We are commanded to pray. And, praying is not just a duty, it is our means of personal, interactive communion with God. And, truth be told, we want … Continue reading →

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DAILY TIME WITH GOD – “Let me see your face, let me hear your voice!”

Posted on February 5, 2019 by PastorDave

DAILY TIME WITH GOD When our Lord Jesus Christ taught us to pray, He instructed us to get alone with our Father – just Him and me – and shut down and shut out all the other distractions to my … Continue reading →

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