Pastor Tony

I’m Not Lucky. I’m Blessed, is the title and chorus of a newly released contemporary Christian song. Superstitions may cause people to regard certain days and years as unlucky. Today, the lessons of the Bible teach us how God has blessed all times in our lives through faith. Leviticus 25:8-13 “‘Count off seven Read more

A modern management theorist once said, “There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” According to today’s scripture lessons, unfaithfulness is a useless pursuit from which Christ redeems us that we might bring glory to God. Sermon Text—Philemon 1:7-11 Your love has given Read more

They say, “Out with the bad and in with the good.” The scriptures for today say, “Out with evil and in with God.” 1 Samuel 16:14-17, 21-23 Now the Spirit of the Lord had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him. 15 Saul’s attendants said to him, “See, an evil […]Read more

Time Pressure Can Squeeze the Truth, is the title of a Wall Street Journal article about how quick responses tend to be less honest. Today’s scripture readings speak about a truth from God that endures under pressure.  Isaiah 53:4-5 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished Read more