We are about to celebrate our 168 anniversary as a church. Our founding fathers could not have envisioned the world in which we live. What they could envision is the need for the Gospel to be proclaimed in this community and for lost souls to come to faith in Christ. This church still exists and […]

I don’t know about you, but it seems every day we are moving closer and closer to the return of Christ. When I see so much wickedness in the world around me and I also see God moving in lives, it does make me wonder if the time for the Rapture is near. However, the […]

It is hard to believe that 13 years have flown by! As of March 1 , I have been pastor of this church for13 years. Janice and I feel so very blessed to get to serve alongside you and be a part of what Godhas done and is doing here at Pleasant Grove! 13 years […]

As I write this article, we have just come through the historic ice storm that never was! I am grateful thatwe didn’t experience a bunch of ice and what that would have led to with power outages and the like. Atmy house and at the church there was a little dusting of snow on this […]

I saw a portion of a recent podcast that Kirk Cameron did with his son. They were discussing the topic of Hell and more specifically the doctrine of Hell and what final punishment looks like. Kirk stated that he didn’t believe that Hell is an eternal punishment but instead a place where a just God […]

As we enter the month of November, we set aside a day every November to stop and be thankful. The truth is we should be thankful year-round and not just the last Thursday of November. However, I want to ask you to consider a few things you are thankful for, perhaps even pause every day […]

Do you find yourself thinking of the hereafter very often? I know that I do! I walk into a room and have to ask myself, “What am I hereafter?” It is so easy to get busy doing things and then start to take care of something but then get distracted and start doing something else. […]

First of all, Janice and I would like to thank you for you kindness and generosity toward usthrough the Christmas season. You are such a blessing to us and we are grateful for you. Welook forward to what God wants to do in and through us in the year ahead and pray this NewYear will […]

It is so hard to believe that we are already coming to the last month of yet anoth-er year. As I write this article it is just before Thanksgiving, and I must remind myself we have so much for which to be thankful. I am blessed as a pastor to live in a country where […]