In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king's men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerus...  Read More

So he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the LORD Almighty. (Zechariah 4:6)This Sunday is Pentecost, the day which commemorate...  Read More

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23)One of the podcasts I have listened to on occasion over the past few years is called The Happi...  Read More

Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly-- mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. (1 Corinthi...  Read More

“A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills-- where does my help come from?  My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.” (Psalm 121:1-2)Think about the last time you entered a ...  Read More

“Then [God] brought forward the tribe of Benjamin, clan by clan, and Matri's clan was chosen. Finally Saul son of Kish was chosen. But when they looked for him, he was not to be found. So they inquire...  Read More

Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, "Are you for us or for our enemies?" "Neither," h...  Read More

“Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage-- with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctr...  Read More

“But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all men.  He did not need man's testimony about man, for he knew what was in a man.” (John 2:24-25)As I was reading the news today, I came acr...  Read More

“In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.” (Hebrews 12:4)Hebrews 11 is one of the most fascinating chapters in the Bible. The writer of Hebrews reco...  Read More

I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. (1 Corinth...  Read More

Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. (1 John 4:11-12)I met...  Read More

O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. (Psalm 63:1)This Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, the first day...  Read More

Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which...  Read More

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. (John 10:10)I’ve often heard the analogy that for those whose job it is to spot counte...  Read More

“What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?” (Mark 8:36)As a church, we have been reading through the Bible in 2021, and the first book we finished was Job. One of the fu...  Read More

“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” (Galatians 5:1)One of the fundamental values of our culture is that...  Read More

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21)I was pushing my grocery cart down the frozen food aisle this past weekend when I caught a glimpse of an Edwards key lime pie to my r...  Read More

     Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints (Psalm 116:15)In September of 1997, I found myself on a Sunday morning in a Glastonbury church that was meeting at Academy School on M...  Read More

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” (Matthew 5:6)If you were able to hook up a secret camera in the church sanctuary and watch me in my morning prayer...  Read More

Has not the LORD made them one? In flesh and spirit they are his. And why one? Because he was seeking godly offspring. So guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith with the wife of your yo...  Read More

“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” (Matthew 6:33)This past Sunday, I preached on the first chapter of Malachi, a confrontational pas...  Read More

During November and the first week of December, our church is joining with other area churches in collecting new, unwrapped toys for the Hartford City Mission Noah Christmas Store. The Noah Christmas ...  Read More

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. (Romans 8:18)Raise your hand if you’re old enough to remember Bruce Springsteen’s song “Glory...  Read More