Author Archives: Josh

Good morning, Friends! I’ve got a question for you this morning. Where did the summer go this year? School is starting tomorrow. The weather’s getting cooler. It just doesn’t feel as though summer ought to be over. It feels as … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! Usually when I stand up here on Sunday mornings I’m a pastor, and my job is to share something important from the Bible. But as Tom has said, I’m also an historian. So were my father and … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! We’ve been spending a lot of time this summer with the Old Testament. We’ve looked at Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. We looked at the First Commandment. We talked about the sign of the rainbow. We read the story … Continue reading →

About a week and a half ago, Josh sent out an email to Ministry & Counsel detailing the schedule of sermons and whatnot for the upcoming weeks.  He said that he still needed someone to take August 6 because he’d … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! I had a message all prepared for this morning, but I decided at the last minute to save it for another time. Yesterday evening my wife and I were driving home. It had been a brutal week … Continue reading →

Food morning, Friends! We’re looking at some Old Testament readings this month. Today’s reading is from the book of Ecclesiastes, which is one of the shortest books in the Old Testament. In the Bible, it comes right after the book … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! Today’s topic is a pretty controversial one. I think most of you will probably agree with what I have to say, but if you don’t agree with me – that’s OK. This week is the 4th of … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! Today’s story is one of the funniest passages in the whole Bible. It’s not one everybody here may be familiar with. When we read it together in our Wednesday night Bible study a few months ago, not … Continue reading →

“Without a vision, the people perish. . .” – Proverbs 29:18 Has anybody here not heard the proverb, “Without a vision, the people perish”? Usually, we hear those words applied to groups or to businesses or churches or other big … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! It’s Graduation Sunday! You know, graduation is really tough for grownups. They go to the ceremony as parents. They come home, and now their kids are grownups, too. After 18 years of being Mom and Dad, all … Continue reading →