Pastor David's Weekly Devotional On April 16, 1858, John G. Paton, at the age of thirty-three, sailed for the New Hebrides Islands of the South Pacific with his newlywed wife, Mary, who was pregnant w...  Read More

Pastor David's Weekly Devotional What does it take to make you happy?  Is it a good night’s sleep?  Is it the first hot cup of coffee?  Is it a sunny morning, or rainless day?  Perhaps the better ques...  Read More

Pastor David's Weekly Devotional There are many challenges, or obstacles, to being faithfully committed to prayer.  Even when we overcome the distractions to pray, and the excuses to not pray, it can ...  Read More

Pastor David’s Weekly Devotional Unfortunately, many professing Christians today simply do not love the church.  They merely have a utilitarian view of the church.  That is, they use the church for ...  Read More

Pastor David’s Weekly Devotional One of the most insidious sins, that I think is rarely considered, is the sin of grumbling.  And yet grumbling is clearly and repeatedly prohibited in Scripture.  To g...  Read More

Pastor David’s Weekly Devotional The Christian’s love for and faith in Christ will not be perfect in this life, but they must be real.  One of the most fundamental aspects of the Christian life is a g...  Read More

Pastor David’s Weekly Devotional These strong words were written by German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer in his classic book The Cost of Discipleship:“Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our Church.  ...  Read More

Pastor David’s Weekly Devotional King David knew that true worship involves sacrifice.  As he sought to buy materials from Araunah the Jebusite in order to build an altar to the Lord, he insisted on p...  Read More

Pastor David’s Weekly Devotional One of my heroes is a man named Polycarp, who lived from about 70-155 A.D.  Polycarp was known as the Bishop of Smyrna in Asia Minor.  He was a godly and devout Christ...  Read More

Pastor David’s Weekly Devotional Spiritual growth does not happen by osmosis, and spiritual maturity is no accident.  We simply cannot afford to allow ourselves to be conformed to the patterns of this...  Read More

Pastor David’s Weekly Devotional On October 31, 1517, an Augustinian monk named Martin Luther nailed to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany his Ninety-Five Theses attacking the sale o...  Read More

Pastor David’s Weekly Devotional Here is one more installment of Pastor David’s most favorite, relatively short, extra-Biblical quotes......  Read More