The Notebook

There are really only three basic world views in life. Before I proceed, I want to clarify that I am speaking about the culture/world we live in per se’.  These three are hedonism, which is the desire for pleasure, second is materialism, which is  about possessions, and lastly&#...

If you’ve ever watched a marathon you know a lot of people start out but don’t finish at the end. I think that’s a parallel to the Christian life. Many people start out good in the Christian life but somewhere along the line they get waylaid, sidetracked, they run out of energy. Ho...

 We live in a very sex-saturated society. It’s everywhere. It’s the number one value in our society. It is used to sell literally everything. Most of the media is built around sexuality and sensuality.    “Sex and the City”  and "Desperate Housewies&qu...

Once every few years, you come up on one of those books that I call a "life altering book." It is the kind of book that makes you re-think your previous understanding on a subject or teaching.  One of these books that have had a big impact in my thinking is one on money by […]...

Moses teaches us that great successes in ministry are often followed by failure. Moses led the people from the Red Sea. They went into the desert of Shur and for three days they traveled in the desert without finding water. When they came to Marah they could not drink its water because it was bitter...

Yesterday, I ended my blog talking about Amy, who was a plant in out church service this past Sunday and how one of our ladies befriended her without knowing Amy was a plant. Amy was playing the part pf a homeless young lady in order to see how our people would react to such a […]...

We have all wondered if we were someones favorite at one time or another.  I came from a large family; Mom, Dad, five boys and four girls, plus the assorted pets. Of the nine kids, I am the youngest and because you are the youngest, you automatically get the label "the favorite", whic...

April 15, 2005. What is so significant about that date? One, it was the date that your federal, state, and local tax returns had to filed by midnight or you could be penalized. Second, it was the date that Lake Ridge Church set out to show Lake County, Ohio that God loves them in practical […...

The Faith that Works The Faith that Works … is a faith that is hospitable to rich and poor alike James 2:1 NLT “My dear brothers and sisters, how can you claim that you have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ if you favor some people more than others?” The Faith that Works …is a [&...

Not all faith is powerful. There is a faith that fails. There is a faith that is worthless. James says that faith without works is dead. The deeds we do are the natural outgrowth of our faith. If there are no deeds, no works of the flesh, then there is no real faith because real […]...