May 23, 2021 Watch Listen Read I, too, want to offer my congratulations to high school seniors and your soon graduation – this Friday, May 28. In fact, the baccalaureate will be here at Alliance tomorrow evening. Receiving a diploma is a significant milestone in your lives – I trust, one of many to come. […]

May 16, 2021 Watch Listen Read Through my years of ministry, I have been asked more than a few times, what is the unforgiveable sin?  But there is usually a question behind that question.  Typically, it goes something like this – have I committed the unforgiveable sin, or, has my loved one – son, daughter, […]

April 25, 2021 Watch Listen Read It was Walter Martin who said, “When people say, ‘I believe in Jesus,’ look them straight in the eye and ask, ‘Which one?’”  You see, there has always been confusion about who Jesus of Nazareth is.  The truth is, you have to do something with Him.  As British author […]

April 18, 2021 Watch Listen Read Being “born again” is the target of much scoffing, even derision.  For example, some of you have seen the bumper sticker, “Born right the first time.”  A recent Christianity Today article by Matthew Barrett starts, “Being called a ‘born-again Christian’ can mean many things to many people.  For some, […]

April 11, 2021 Watch Listen Read You can actually Google Coffee Cup Theology and receive millions of hits.  There is even a coffeecuptheology.com website, subtitled, “Reading the Bible one cup at a time.”  So, I did some surfing – here are a few of my favorite theological coffee cups: “No, the Door was Fine; I’m […]

March 14, 2021 Watch Listen Read For the past two years, The Christian & Missionary Alliance has been reviewing, updating and editing its Statement of Faith – its doctrinal statement.  It had not been done since the 1960s, and I think the changes were largely in order.  For example, the language has been changed to […]

March 7, 2021 Watch Listen Read If I were to ask you, what is the love chapter in the Bible, most of you would probably say…I Corinthians 13.  And it is a great chapter on love.  Coming in the middle of three chapters on spiritual gifts, Paul says the gifts must be exercised in love, […]

February 28, 2021 Watch Listen Read On January 24, 1848, James Marshall was building a lumber mill for John Sutter in Coloma, California.  The mill included a waterwheel in a nearby stream to power the saw.  While building Sutter’s Mill, Marshall noticed some shiny flecks in the water.  He took the flecks to Sutter, and […]

February 21, 2021 Watch Listen Read There is an issue I want to briefly address this morning that has made the evangelical news.  An elder and friend texted me this week and said of the issue, “To me, it was the worst thing that happened in 2020 – more that the riots, worse than COVID.  […]

February 14, 2021 Watch Listen Read How appropriate that today is Valentine’s Day – a day set aside annually to express your never-ending love for that special someone.  Traditionally, we express that love in certain ways on this day – flowers, candy, especially chocolates, and cards.  It’s estimated the average expenditure per person for Valentines […]