At the very end of last year, a friend invited me to join a small group of people that would be reading The One Year Bible together.  Today’s reading has stirred my heart and I want to share it with you.1 Kings 8, tells the story of the dedication of the first temple in Jerusalem by King Solomon.  David had prepared the way, but now Solomon has the honor and privilege of building and dedicating th...  Read More

About a month ago, we finished up a series on our church's statement of faith. In that series, we looked at 10 statements regarding our faith that are foundational (you can find the statement itself HERE) a number of people have asked me to put this in written form. (remember… One is “a number “:) I agreed… This might be helpful for some people… I hope it is.So, following an outline of that messag...  Read More

Idols are an interesting thing. They sneak into our lives and subtly fool us into replacing God with themselves. Some idols are more evident than others but each of us has something that we are inclined to idolize. As followers of Christ, we are all aware that idolatry is sinful and must be avoided. But we can be unaware of what the Bible actually says about idolatry. Today we will look at what Go...  Read More

Some people take the time to smell the roses, yet some people don't even recognize that the roses exist.  Which are you?  Maybe you waffle between the two?    Some people try to do too little.  Some people try to do too much.   Which are you?  More waffling?Sometimes, if we aren't careful, we can find ourselves running a rat race, in so many different directions, without even considering the point...  Read More

I try to make a habit out of counting my blessings. There’s an old hymn by that reminds us to do just that, and it certainly is a good spiritual discipline, because when we count our blessings we are reminding ourselves of the giver of every good gift, namely God!Lately I’ve been reflecting on the blessing of serving here at Beacon as pastor, and in particular, the amazing number of people who ser...  Read More

Today we are going to talk continue the series about the church calendar. We have already covered Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, and Lent. The next event on the church calendar is Easter. Since today is Good Friday and Sunday is Easter, this is working out nicely!Easter is the main event for Christians. Christ’s death and resurrection are the events that have secured our salvation. Easter is a celeb...  Read More