Jesus, The Lord of the Sabbath
A message from Dennis Pass Have you ever hoped that life would slow down just a little bit? This past Friday I was on duty with the sheriff’s office till after midnight. It had been a...
Place Our Anchors in the Heart of God
Below is an address that I recently sent for the March 2023 graduating class of Antioch Biblical Seminary and College located in Pondicherry, India. This message is offered here as an...
Feast of Passover: March 15-22
You are warmly invited to join us at Fairwood for The Feast of Passover! March 15-22 We wholeheartedly invite you to Fairwood for The Feast of Passover from March 15-22, with special emphasis...
The Still Small Voice
This week we reprinted a message from the late David Murray first offered in this space in 2006. Dear friends, I was recently blessed by the account of Elijah and his flight to Mt. Sinai after his...
Bishop Odo’s Comfort
Detail from Bayeux Tapestry showing Bishop Odo rallying William the Conqueror's troops at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. It’s not a cozy blanket. It’s a rod wielded in victorious battle. An entry...
The Sabbath Brings Balance
In Jesus’ famous sermon on the mount, he exhorts us, “Don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own” (Matthew 6:34 CSB). Whether you...
Seen
Even in the kitchen, Jesus knows our lives “Mama, Mama, look at this!” This small phrase is probably one of the most repeated lines in our household these days. No matter what I’m doing, in the mind...
Josiah Weekley: Come! God Desires Your Presence
Josiah recently preached a sermon on Isaiah 55, noting how many times God tells us to come, calling us to repent from sin and find mercy and grace, and fulfillment of our deepest longings in Him....
Be Still and Know
I was recently given a book with a very odd title: Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools, by Tyler Staton. Mr. Staton is the lead pastor of a church in Oregon and the national director of the the...
Bob Adams: Pecans & Grapes
On New Year's, Pastor Adams talked about Jacob's nature, along with his name, being changed, from a tough nut to crack to a man who was simply with God. Pastor Adam's encouragement to us was to not...
Believe!
Dear Friends,What if we really believed that when we prayed according to His will our request would happen? Well we do believe that, don’t we? But being human, in our present situation of not being...
Dan Murray: We Are Greatly Beloved
We are adopted and fully loved. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” (Romans...