Columbia, MD
November 9, 2025
Text verse: “For we live by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7). My righteous one will live by faith. (Hebrews 10:38) Sight can be deceptive. Appearances can be deceiving. And even if the appearance is accurate, there is more to the story than we realize. We see many examples of this throughout the Scripture.… Read More »
November 2, 2025
These are words from my heart recorded in my journal three years ago: Does not my adoration of You, Lord, rise from believing I am adored by You? Is not my desire to seek You a response to believing I am affectionately received by You? Does not my Christ-like love for others flow from Christ’s… Read More »
October 19, 2025
This is my favorite Sunday. Because I get to talk fully about what Paul calls the unsearchable riches of Christ” in Ephesians 3:8. Romans 9:23 speaks of “the riches of His glory.” Romans 2:4 describes “the riches of His kindness, forbearance, and patience.” Romans 10:12 says He is “abounding in riches to all who call… Read More »
October 12, 2025
We were made for more than the world and for more than human connection. We were made for divine connection and friendship. The Bible presents us with that opportunity through our relationship with Jesus Christ. Jesus is the Friend Who Knows John 15:15 “I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know… Read More »
October 5, 2025
Who Was Agabus? Agabus was recognized as a Spirit-led prophet among early believers, likely part of the Jerusalem church. He appears twice in the Book of Acts—first in Acts 11:27–30 and later in Acts 21:10–14. Text: (Acts 21:10–14) Agabus didn’t tell Paul not to go, only what awaited him. This was a warning, not a… Read More »
September 28, 2025
Text: 1 Corinthians 1:13-17; 2:1-5 Paul tried so hard. In one of his earliest letters to the church at Corinth, he pleads with believers to stay united by anchoring themselves in the gospel. Why? That there be no divisions in the body and so that the gospel of Christ, the message of the cross would… Read More »
September 21, 2025
Text: 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 Your presence in the body of Christ is not a mistake, an accident or a coincidence. God designed and placed you in the body. You are a carefully conceived part of God’s master plan which He devised before the beginning of time. He didn’t create the plan and then fit you… Read More »
September 14, 2025
Introduction We are living in tumultuous, uncertain, and distressing times. Violence is escalating. Civil discourse is retreating. Statesmanship among our political leaders is on life-support. Our national mood is gloomy and irritable. Angst hangs in the air like a sweaty day with no relief in sight. People are hurting. And the world is getting meaner.… Read More »
September 7, 2025
Text Passage: Ephesians chapter 2:1-10 What we were – dead, disobedient, deceived. I know I was. What God did – Made us alive, by placing His Spirit in us. And He seated us with Christ, changed our status, and positioned us to be recipients of the incomparable riches of His grace that will be expressed… Read More »