The Pastor’s Pen

I encourage you NOT to confuse religion with salvation While religion may give you the sensation of doing the right thing for God, it is in fact empty of any valve to God! It’s true that the good works of religion may puff up our spiritual ego and sense of self-righteousness, but those very works…

I encourage you to keep eternity in focus Eternity is real; it’s an indisputable certainty awaiting every human, irrespective of culture or belief. Living for the pleasures of the moment certainly consumes our society with no thought given to the reality of eternity. While this world wishes eternity out of existence by removing it from…

I wish to encourage you to celebrate Christmas in truth For Christians, Christmas is one of our greatest celebrations. The angel who appeared to the shepherds said it so well; “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this…

I wish to encourage you to grow in appreciation of the greatest gift. While the giving of presents in the world is common, there is no earthly gift to be compared with the gift of eternal life in Christ. Typically, we value little the things which cost us little. This is certainly true in the…

I wish to encourage you to take refuge in the Lord Life is an array of experiences that can easily overwhelm us. The world and life, moves at such a rapid pace that few of us can truly keep up without incurring some form of fatigue or injury. However, the child of God has a…

I wish to encourage you to please the Lord We certainly live in a pleasure driven age and society. It’s fascinating how the world manipulates its floating morals in order to accommodate pleasure, ease and comfort, often at a high price. The apostle Paul explains that as Christians, “whether we are at home or away,…

I wish to encourage you not to hide Christ It’s all too easy to hide what should be the most obvious thing in our lives, Jesus Christ.  Slipping into the Christian incognito mode only shames Christ, and reveals the darkest side of your fleshly character which the enemy loves. I’m sure most believers would identify…

I wish to encourage you to live selfless lives for Jesus Christ. It’s an indisputable fact, we live in a self-consumed society. Every form of selfishness pervades society’s values so much so, that it has become the norm for worldly morals. However, this is not true of those who live under the Lordship of Jesus…

I wish to encourage you to keep your faith in Christ simple and clear. Mankind has a terrible habit of over engineering things that God has made remarkably simple. For example, the gospel is very simple, yet man has tampered with it and made it complex and vague. Humans have turned salvation around, attempting to…

I wish to encourage you to walk in obedience to Jesus Christ For the most part, obedience to Jesus Christ is not a winning theme to write or teach on. The world is utterly disinterested, and God’s people are often so over-whelmed by their struggle against sin, that they say to themselves ‘here we go…