May 12, 2019 The fifth century church father, St. Augustine, once described all humanity, throughout time, in four different states – kind of going through time, from the original Garden of Eden, to the new garden in the New Jerusalem: At creation, in the Garden of Eden, humanity was created perfect, with both the ability […]

April 28, 2019 I have wanted to talk to you for a while now about some challenges facing the church of Jesus Christ.  But I knew our text today, Hebrews 13:17, was coming. The text? “Obey your leaders and submit to them…”  It’s even worse when you understand the word obey means to put your […]

April 14, 2019 The word altar first appears in the Bible in Genesis 8, when Noah first came off the ark.  He built an altar and offered sacrifices of every clean animal and every clean bird.  That’s a lot of sacrifices. Of course, this idea of sacrificing to God goes all the way back to […]

March 31, 2019 So Christianity has been around for a couple thousand years now.  But of course, it has its roots in the Jewish religion – Judaism – which goes back a couple thousand years before that.  So, thousands of years of a religion – I would gently say the religion – of God revealing […]

March 24, 2019 I don’t want to stereotype, or for sure sound sexist – but I’m a man, so I don’t do stores – well, except Lowes.  After many years of marriage, my wife Tana and I have things pretty well figured out. For example, if we go to Winston, and she wants to wander […]

March 17, 2019 Does anyone know the number one movie, worldwide, of 2019?  It may come as a shock to learn it is not from the Marvel or DC Comics universes. I’d never even heard of it.  It’s true, the movie has only grossed about $6 million in the US – which by any standard […]

March 10, 2019 Life is full of choices.  This morning, you decided whether to get up early or sleep in – after losing an hour of sleep.  Whether to eat breakfast or not. What to eat for breakfast. Caffeinated or decaf. Whether to go to church or not.  The 8:15, 9:45 or 11:15 service. Whether […]

March 3, 2019 Many of us can remember leaving home for the first time.  It may have only been a weekend for youth retreat, or maybe more permanently to go off to college or some new job in a new place.  We can remember the instructions given by our parents – usually mom – that went something […]

February 24, 2019 So apparently someone hacked the Hub this week and sent you all emails, purportedly from me, asking for money – Google Play cards – whatever those are.  Listen, if you ever get an email from me and I’m asking for anything besides your date of birth, your social security number and your mother’s maiden […]

February 17, 2019 How many of you have ever heard of Kevin Mayer?  How about Roman Sebrle?  Tomas Dvorak?  Okay, how about Ashton Eaton?  These men are the four all-time top record holders of the Decathlon.  Some won Gold in the Olympics, others won in the world championships – but these four have the highest […]