This morning (or evening) I want you to do something VERY different. Find a private place, get down on your knees (unless you have knee problems or the floor is 35 degrees) and simply read line by lin...  Read More

We’ve come full circle through the first of one of our outline “spokes.” A relationship with God through Christ is the center-point and focus of the normal Christian life. In any relationship, there m...  Read More

Build a house and at some point, there will be maintenance. Install a landscape, and at some point, there will be weeding, mulching, and trimming. Buy and drive a car, and there will be routine mainte...  Read More

2 Peter 1:3 “His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.” ...  Read More

1 Corinthians 4:7“For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?” This “nugget” of a verse ...  Read More

For those of you who like charts and maps, today is your day! Below is a “flyover” vision of the Bible at 36,000 feet. Notice the timeline above Abraham’s name begins at 2000 B.C., and the New Testame...  Read More

The longer I walk with Christ the more fully I realize that I don’t have my act together! Truth is, we’ve all got issues… big issues (I’m saying this as a “Preacher” at Pinedale!) The depth of my sinf...  Read More

Ephesians 4:1-6 “As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Mak...  Read More

WHEN DOES A PERSON RECEIVE HIS/HER SPIRITUAL GIFT(S)? Some believe we have our spiritual gifts from physical birth and tie them in with our personality traits. Others believe we receive our spiritual ...  Read More

IF A PERSON DOESN’T HAVE A CERTAIN GIFT, IS HE/SHE EXEMPT FROM MINISTRY THAT USES THAT GIFT?Evangelism is a good example. Some may feel that because they do not have the gift of evangelism that they d...  Read More

Deuteronomy 6:5“Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” “Love the Lord…”Let me start this week off with an odd fact. The word “relationship” does...  Read More

Luke 11:1-2“One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pr...  Read More