Psalm 23 is often used at funeral services. Many of you know that I am personally working part-time as a graphic designer to support the work of this church. A while back, I was asked to create a program for a funeral. An older lady had died and the family asked for a funeral program [...]
God is abundantly good. The solid fact that God is good is either taught, expressed or implied in nearly every page of the Bible, but few passages in the scripture more clearly and dramatically describe God’s goodness than Psalm 34. In verse 8, David invites us to “Taste and see that the LORD is good.” Have you ever [...]
Wisdom is the ability to come up with the perfect end goal and then to devise a perfect plan in order to achieve that end. A wise man can clearly see the end of a scenario from the beginning of the scenario. Wisdom sees every part in focus and how each part is related [...]
God’s infinite wisdom tells us that His actions could not be done in a better way than the way He is doing them right now nor could they be improved upon by one of His creatures with the limited amount of wisdom that we possess. We could never say to God, “You’re doing it [...]
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. – Colossians 1:15 He is the visible image of the invisible God. Eikōn is the Greek word translated as image. As it is used here, it does not mean a mere likeness – like Jesus seems to appear like God. It means [...]
Pastor Mark Stafford Perfection in Faithfulness | Psalm 36 We live in a culture of half-truths and broken promises. Do you remember the story about George Washington and the cherry tree? At the time of George Washington’s death, a book came out with this story: “When Washington was six years old he [...]
Pastor Mark Stafford Our God, Abounding in Joyful Sufficiency | Psalm 11:1-6 There is a wonderful description of God in 1 Timothy 1:11 that you might blow by if you weren’t reading carefully. In that passage, Paul mentions “the gospel of the glory of the blessed God…” God is called the blessed God, [...]
We are setting out today on a two-month journey. Before we take our first step, I want to talk about our destination. In a race, running fast is generally a good idea, unless you are running in the wrong direction. About a year and a half ago, Trenton and I entered a small [...]
