Throughout the world on Resurrection/Easter Sunday there will be millions celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ! Many will proclaim in their tongues, "He is risen!" with the refrain, "He is risen, indeed!" The question is: What if Jesus did not rise from the dead? What if there was no resurrection?
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It is easy to praise God when things are going well, but how do you respond when trials and storms come into your life? The past several days have been interesting. On the evening of Saturday, March 23, 2019, I was driving in my 1998 Oldsmobile around Vestal, NY (near
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One year ago I woke up to an email with a single word in the subject: Help. Unbeknownst to me on that Saturday morning, God was orchestrating a new direction for my life. View Sermon I found that Pastor Ron had been called home to glory the day before and
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The Apostle Paul in Romans 6 would echo the words that he wrote in Galatians 2:20, "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the
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This past Sunday I began preaching from Romans 6. Does a believer in Jesus Christ have a license to sin? Is Salvation just a fire insurance policy or a get out of Hell free card? The Apostle Paul would have something to say about that.
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Happy Valentine’s Day! In the Bible (Septuagint–Koine Greek translation of Hebrew Bible and Greek New Testament) there are four different Greek words that are translated as LOVE. There is στοργή / storge (family affection), Φιλεο / phileo (brotherly love–it is where the name Philadelphia comes from), ῆρος / eros (sexual
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Was reminded last Monday of the fragile nature of life when a dear friend left this earth. If you think you have all the time in the world, you don’t. You have right now! I am not guaranteed tomorrow nor are you. Life is a vapor. If you were to
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Well, 2018 came to an end yesterday. It has certainly been a year I will not forget. The journey I have been on these past twelve months I would not have imagined with the clock struck midnight on January 1, 2018. I certainly would have never imagined that I would
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I am excited for the upcoming Christmas Season as we dig into the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. The series for the month of December will be called, The Eternal in Human Skin. I hope you will be able to join me as we look at the story
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I am grateful to a good friend of mine who asked me to go to her church. I was saved but was hesitant in the beginning. Today I am grateful that I go to Victory Bible Church. It is a Bible teaching Church. The Pastor of the Church knows the
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