Part 25 – Commitment, Responsibility, and Accountability To the Local Church

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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: “compassion” – from splagchnon – to have the bowels yearn, i.e. (figuratively) feel sympathy, to pity; to have (be moved with) compassion. [Strong’s] Compassion is often most amplified, and therefore the most fruitful, when both parties have similar experiences. Such is the value of regularly gathering, as sheep under a pastor at NCC, […]

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Misalignment

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Misalignment For those of you who do not know me, my husband is Ed. He is also my pastor. This morning, I was telling him about what I was studying and an analogy that the Holy Spirit brought to my attention. His response was that what I was saying sounded like a blog and that

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Part 24 – Commitment, Responsibility, and Accountability To the Local Church

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KEY POINTS FROM THIS MESSAGE: “compassion” – from splagchnon – to have the bowels yearn, i.e. (figuratively) feel sympathy, to pity; to have (be moved with) compassion. [Strong’s] Compassion shines especially bright during the lowlights of life. Why? Because it breeds mercy! The Militant Evangelist – blog 9/28/25 We aren’t called to be militant evangelists. We are called to

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KIDS’ CORNER: Humble Gratitude

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TODAY’S VERSE:  Psalm 149:4 “For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the humble with salvation.” As we continue our Christianity vs. Religion series, let us review the terms we are using for this study. When we say religion, we are referring to the religions of the world which teach people they must work to earn

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Part 23 – Commitment, Responsibility, and Accountability To the Local Church

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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: “compassion” – from splagchnon – to have the bowels yearn, i.e. (figuratively) feel sympathy, to pity; to have (be moved with) compassion. [Strong’s] Compassion shines especially bright during the lowlights of life. Why? Because it breeds mercy! The Militant Evangelist – blog 9/28/25 We aren’t called to be militant evangelists. We are called to

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The Militant Evangelist

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The Militant Evangelist We ought to be uncompromising regarding the Gospel, right? Agreed. We have the obligation to the Lord to fight the good fight of faith to defend it, right? Indeed. We may even need to debate it, as believers, to ensure we do not drift from the Truth, right? Absolutely! I am astonished

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Part 21 – Commitment, Responsibility, and Accountability To the Local Church

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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Compassion transcends our own circumstances. It is void of partiality because it is focused on the suffering of others, even when said suffering is self-inflicted. Compassion is not selective. You cannot lead if you lack compassion! I Don’t Like You – blog 9/20/25 “For all that is in the world—the desires of

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I Don’t Like You

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If fifteen years as a pastor has taught me one thing, it’s this: Never compromise your integrity to Truth. If the world takes issue with you, just remember one critical thing: it’s not you they have a problem with, it’s God. If someone says to you, “I don’t like you,” either with words from their

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Part 20 – Commitment, Responsibility, and Accountability To the Local Church

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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: James 1:22-7 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But

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