September 17, 2021 Once upon a time there was pastor in Scotland, his name was Andrew Mellville. The year was 1584. Pastor Andrew went to his loving church one Sunday and preached a sermon that was not approved by the government officials. That is correct, the pastor’s sermons had to be approved by the government officials. You could only preach what had been approved by the government. Pastor And...  Read More

September 3, 2021 Church Family: Has your mind ever been shaken or your spirit alarmed when you hear others speak about what they think may happen before the second coming of Jesus Christ? If you answered “Yes” then you are not alone. The first century church was struggling with the same problem. There was rampant fear mongering back then just like there is today. The Church of Thessalonica was st...  Read More

August 27, 2021 Church Family: Have you ever heard of “Bumper Sticker Theology?” This is when Christians try to communicate some sort of biblical truth in a concise memorable, catchy phrase that can be put on a bumper sticker. Most of the phrases have some element of truth to make them sound believable, but when you try to back up the phrase with biblical evidence you quickly find that the cute, c...  Read More

August 13, 2021 Over the last few weeks, I have been asked one question several times, “Are there different levels of rewards in heaven?” So, this week we are going to focus on the one verse Revelation 22:12, “Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done.” Before we start to answer that question let us remember, God judges our salvation according...  Read More

August 6, 2021 Hey Church Family:This week, for me, has been a week of dwelling on marriage as I been preparing for a wedding tonight. I have been with the bride and groom in personal conversations and counseling. I have prepared a wedding. I went to a wedding rehearsal and dinner last night. During all of this the one thing you cannot escape experiencing from these interactions is that the groom ...  Read More

July 30, 2021 Hello Church Family:Take a moment to think of the church today, with all its faults, divisions, ugliness and controversies. Ok, don't stay there too long but, yes, as you know the bride of Christ on earth can frequently be somewhat like a bridezilla. Now go over to Revelation 21, and look at the perfected Bride of the Lamb, adorned with every imaginable precious jewel and covered in ...  Read More

July 23, 2021 Church family: Have you found eternal happiness on earth? Do you long for more of this life on this earth more than an eternity in heaven with God in a perfect heaven? If so, that is a dangerous place to be. Earth tempts us to desire to stay and enjoy its fleeting treasures more than enjoying the eternal, incomparable, uninhibited presence of God. If we are delighting in the delicaci...  Read More

July 16, 2021 Hello Church Family: Does standing before God on judgment day create great fear and anxiety in your heart?  Is the thought of you having to give account for every thought, word and action more than you can handle? In John’s vision at the end of Revelation 20, he describes the final judgment that is yet to come. This final judgment determines whether you enter the new heavens and the ...  Read More

July 9, 2021 Hello Church!  Once again, Revelation is an encouragement!  The visions that John received to give to the Church is for our victory and encouragement.  The millennial picture of Christ’s reign, Satan’s binding and then future release to wage war on the Church is for our encouragement.  Yes!  It really is.  This is another picture of the same story that we have seen over and over throu...  Read More

July 2, 2021 Hello Wonderful Church Family: Jesus tells us in Luke 20:38, that God is not the God of the dead, He is God of the living. Jesus also tells us in Luke 20:37, that God is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.  Therefore, we can rejoice in the truth that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are presently living, they are included in the sons of the resurrection in Luke 20:36, living eternally with t...  Read More

June 25, 2021 Gracious church family:  Have you heard of the millennium?  Do you know what it is?  Do you know where to find verses in the Bible that speaks about the millennium?  There are many questions that need to be answered to understand this 1000 year reign of Jesus spoken of here in Revelation 20.  For example, is this is a literal or symbolic 1000 years pointing to a greater spiritual tru...  Read More

June 18, 2021 Hello church family:  Aren’t children’s Jesus books great!  They are filled with such happy stories that are always encouraging, hopeful and loving.  I can remember reading them to Ashlyn and many other children as they listened intently with some really great follow-up questions that would always push the boundaries of any parent’s imagination.  So many Jesus Story Books are like yo...  Read More

June 11, 2021 Hello fellow Wedding Feast attendees: “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb!”  You are invited, will you RSVP?  RSVP meaning, "Please respond" to require confirmation of an invitation.  The only RSVP that is accepted is faith and obedience in Christ.  If you are reading this, then you are invited to the wedding feast of Jesus Christ and His Church.  Al...  Read More

June 4, 2021 Church Family: God is completely faithful to His children all day, every day, no matter what!  Faithfulness is God’s nature.  From Genesis to Revelation, we see that God always keeps His word to all of His children throughout all generations.  If God is not always faithful to us He would not be God.  This is such an amazing promise to be enjoyed every day. God is faithful!This Sunday ...  Read More

May 28, 2021 Happy Friday Church family: Do you ever look around this world we live in amazement of its prosperity and wealth?  We live in a world where you can work hard, be responsible, be diligent and you can create prosperity and wealth.  Prosperity and wealth are a blessing from God.  However, we live in a world system that’s desire is to seduce us into placing all of our trust and enjoyment ...  Read More

May 21, 2021 Hello Wonderful, Loving, Gracious Church Family:  Do you ever feel overwhelmed at the increasing speed that the anti-God world system is moving forward in relativistic change demanding society to compromise or else!  Well, there is some great news in Revelation 17.  We get a close up look at how the world system “Babylon" is destroyed by our Creator God.  Now don’t forget that in Reve...  Read More

May 7, 2021 Hello Church Family:  Does the thought of Armageddon strike fear in your hearts and minds?  Well, it really is not supposed to to do that.  But thanks to the world and Hollywood they have made Armegedon something that has nothing to do with Jesus’ clear teaching.  There have been over 350 feature-length apocalyptic films produced since 1955.  And then added to the endless movies we hav...  Read More

April 30, 2021 Hello Church Family! Well, we have made it in Revelation to the Golden Bowls of God’s wrath.  But, why golden bowls?  The Seven Bowl Judgments in Revelation 15-16, is in response to the “golden bowls of prayers” that have been being offered to God by His followers since the day they were first persecuted and martyred for following Jesus Christ in the first century.  Let’s follow the...  Read More

April 23, 2021 Church family: Do you live your life as if God nor spiritual beings are active in your daily life?  Do you live your life as if God and His angels nor Satan and his demons have any sort of genuine, influence or interaction with you?  As we continue to make our way through the book of Revelation, we see clearly that we are in a fight as citizens of the Kingdom of God against Satan an...  Read More

April 16, 2021 Church Family: As you experience life today, you most likely have heard the world confidently tell you how the God of the Bible is horribly angry and hot tempered.  Then they proceed, usually somewhat angrily, to tell us what the God of the Bible should be like - a loving, non-wrathful God.  As believers we also have the same tendency to strip God of His wrath.  We forget that the G...  Read More

April 9, 2021 Church Family: Revelation 14, produces some hard questions.  Do you believe in a God who shows His power by punishing non-Christians and who magnifies His mercy by blessing Christians for eternity?  I know, that is a difficult question, so here is another.  Do you believe in a God who decides to punish people who do not believe and follow Jesus Christ?  As I write this email, I am si...  Read More

April 5, 2021 Good morning GCT: As many of you know, I love experiencing God’s creation, seeing God in His creation.  Yesterday during the sunrise worship at the beach I mentioned the “sun pedestal” sunrise that we experienced.  Well guess what… it is better known as an "Omega Sunrise”.  Wow!  That makes it even more awesome!  Jesus, being the Alpha and the Omega incarnate (Rev. 1:8) gave us the b...  Read More

April 2, 2021 Church Family, Rejoicing with a Joy Inexpressible we live in a world that tells us what to believe and what not to believe desiring to rob of us of our joy.  Let us remember together what we, as Christians, rejoice in this resurrection weekend.  We rejoice that Jesus of Nazareth, the God-man, following a sinless and completely righteous and obedient life, died a substitutionary and c...  Read More

March 26, 2021 Church Family: Every day that we continue to live and breathe we are confronted more and more with Satan making war on us, the followers of Christ, the “offspring of the woman” (Rev. 12:17).  In America we are feeling this attack become more intense through the institutional world-wide power called Secularism.  This is just one way throughout history that the Beast of Revelation 13:...  Read More