Kingdom Hearts

In Acts 2 we read about the Holy Spirit’s descent upon the apostles. This was a special Jewish feast day called Pentecost, which means “50.” This celebration occured 50 days after the Passover, which consequently always fell on “the first day of the week,” if I understand correctly. In any event, this great feast was [...]

(1) Every time I kneel to pray, I open up my heart to my Lord.
Every time I close my eyes, I feel the sweet embrace of my Lord.
(Chorus):
I don’t know why so many things seem to get in the way of seeing my God’s glory.
But I try every day to see Him and to thank [...]

Trust can be a very difficult thing. Even when we know someone well and can rationally understand that we can trust them, sometimes it is still challenging. For example, at camp last week, to demonstrate this I asked a 7th grade boy to stand with his back facing me and fall back and allow me [...]

I hope everyone had a great Father’s Day. Because I am a preacher, I don’t get to spend Father’s Days with my dad. This time he came here though, so it was really good to be with him.
Camp went great. There were no “incidences” and that is always good. Brett Gerhardt and the rest of [...]

You are Lord of creation and Lord of my life,
Lord of the land and the sea.
You were Lord of the heavens before there was time,
and Lord of all lords You will be!
We bow down and we worship You Lord,
We bow down and we worship You Lord,
We bow down and we worship You Lord.
Lord of all [...]

This morning after worship, me and 8 kids from La Grange will be heading out for our annual trip to Camp Hensel. It is always a lot of fun, although the older I get, the more difficult it becomes to get motivated in going. I already miss my bed.
Please pray for us–for our [...]

(1) You are my strength when I am weak,
You are the treasure that I seek,
You are my all in all.
Seeking You as a precious jewel,
Lord to give up I’d be a fool,
You are my all in all.
(2) Taking my sin, my cross, my shame,
Rising again I bless Your name,
You are my all in all.
When I [...]

Here is the video of Aaron riding the sheep. Pretty funny stuff. As you will see, Aaron hung on great but the sheep stopped. This apparently was what kept him out of 1st place. That was a bummer because he held on longer than any of the other 8 kids. Oh well! It was fun…(and [...]

In Romans 2:17-29, Paul continues his thoughts on the impartiality of God and how all human beings are in dire need of God’s mercy. In essence, he draws a comparison between resorting to law for salvation (it condemns) and resorting to the inward for salvation (it saves).
Regardless of what one’s relationship to the law of [...]

There is a story about a young boy who received a chemistry set for his birthday. One morning he was playing with it and decided he was going to mix a smelly chemical with his dad’s aftershave lotion. So that morning as the dad got out of the shower and shaved, and then put his [...]