I realize that it is still winter but I must admit that I am already thinking about spring. Pitchers and catchers have reported to spring training in baseball and while I know that March can still have some cold weather I still always think of it being a time when we start to see signs […]
by Viola Walden Sixty dollars’ worth of perfume wasted! It wasn’t stolen or spilled: simply poured on the head of a Man. Bystanders turned on the woman indignantly. “Why this waste?” they demanded. “It could have been sold and the money given to the poor.” Love rarely makes sense to those not in love. An […]
Fellowship, according to Bible.org, is the sharing together in a common life with other believers through a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. Fellowship is first and foremost a relationship, rather than an activity. The principle is that any activity that follows should come out of the relationship1. In Acts 2:42 the early church was […]
The Pleasant Grove Sanctuary Choir is beginning rehearsals on the Easter musical The Risen Christ. This musical is a celebration of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. The story of Christ’s life, crucifixion and resurrection is told through the characters of John the disciple, Peter, and Mary Magdalene, using narrations that are literally adapted […]
“Love” is a word that brings to mind a million things. With February in the air our thoughts turn to Valentine and the subject of “Love”. So, what do you love? Do you love to read? Do you love a happy ending? How will you express love for God? For others? For the freedoms we […]
Years ago there was an inventor in Switzerland that came up with a new way for watches to operate. He was excited because it was far more accurate and kept time so much better than the old way. With great enthusiasm and excitement he took his invention to watchmakers all over Switzerland but no one […]
Many of you are aware of the reality that our International Mission Board has to bring home somewhere between 600-800 missionaries from the mission field. Over the last number of years mission giving has not kept pace with cost and resources have been stretched as far as they possibly can be and there simply is […]
The original thanksgiving celebration was held by the Pilgrim settlers in Massachusetts during their second winter in America in December, 1621. These Pilgrims, seeking religious freedom and opportunity in America, gave thanks to God for His provision for them in helping them find 20 acres of cleared land, for the fact that there were no […]
It is fair to say that the Christian church in America is not impacting culture today the way it did years ago. Even in my 48 years of life I have seen a real decline in the influence of the church. Recently I was reading about the church and was confronted with these eye opening […]
