Pastor David’s Weekly Devotional      The cross of Christ is forever a symbol of God’s opinion of and perspective on sin.  As we look to the graphic horrors of the cross, we can see a glimpse of the t...  Read More

Pastor David’s Weekly Devotional      I remember, years ago, going door-to-door canvassing the neighborhood around our church inviting people to church.  We would simply ask them two questions: 1) If ...  Read More

Pastor David’s Weekly Devotional      The prevalent thinking in America today seems to be that human beings are inherently good.  Many Americans, if not most, believe that humans are good people who s...  Read More

Pastor David’s Weekly Devotional      The picture of the three crosses at Calvary is a wonderful illustration of God’s sovereignty, justice, and mercy.  Jesus innocently hung between two notorious cri...  Read More

Pastor David’s Weekly Devotional      A middle-aged pastor in a small farming community in the Midwest had been falsely accused.  It was a vicious, scandalous story, and it swept through town like a p...  Read More

Pastor David’s Weekly Devotional      Someone once said, “Gossip is the native tongue of the church.”  Just reading that sentence grieves my heart.  As Christians, we are commanded to speak “the truth...  Read More

Pastor David’s Weekly DevotionalOne of the most important truths we can know – and perhaps one of the most difficult truths to grasp – is the fact that not everything in life is about us.  That is, th...  Read More

Pastor David’s Weekly DevotionalSatan is a tempter.  This is probably his most infamous work.  He delights in seducing people away from the Word (truth) of God.  He salivates over the opportunity to c...  Read More

Pastor David’s Weekly DevotionalSatan is a destroyer – not in the playfully-innocent-toddler “terrible-two’s” type of destroyer, but more like the sadistically-wreaking-massive-havoc-and-devastation b...  Read More

Pastor David’s Weekly DevotionalSatan is an accuser.  In fact, the very word translated “devil” (diabolos) in the New Testament literally means accuser (literally, bolos meaning “to throw” and dia mea...  Read More

Pastor David’s Weekly DevotionalSatan is a deceiver.  In the Bible we find that Satan is often described as a serpent who is, according to Genesis 3:1, “more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lo...  Read More

Pastor David’s Weekly DevotionalDemons unfortunately have been domesticated in our current English vernacular.  People all too often speak of demons in casual, even flippant, conversation.  They joke ...  Read More