I don’t worry for the Church. If Jesus said “the gates of Hell Shall Not Prevail against it,” I think He knows what He’s talking about. Nowadays, it’s easy to see when 125 congregations (or so) a week are closing across the US, (and it’s happening elsewhere, along with the persecutions that we know about), or when preachers and church leaders are caught in scandals, or when charlatans and abusers are being called out publicly, and say “Lord, what’s happening?” But the faithful are still...

This morning marks two beginnings: the OFFICIAL beginning of Church Camp Month (I will be back and forth for three weeks after coming off of a week with the preacher boys!), and the kick off of our sermon series entitled “Eternity is at Stake.” This morning, in prayer and preparation, all I could think about is how selfish and self-centered I can be some times. When I am home, how much of my day is spent in retreating so I can have some me time? I spend so much time on others, but am I...

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God[b] may be complete, equipped for every good work.- 2 Timothy 3:16-17 False Doctrine has existed since the Garden of Eden. Here’s what I mean: Genesis 2:16-17 says “ And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day...