We’re reading along in Romans and we come to chapter four. A man named Abraham appears. Do we read on, or skip to chapter five? If we think that reading about Abraham is for the Jewish people only, we’ll move on. If we see Abraham as a mere example of...

Brothers and Sisters in Christ, are you pressing on or have you grown weary in well doing? Are you still praying? We have further to go on this journey. We are not home, yet. There is much to do here for the glory of our King. There are people to...

Dear Congregation, For twenty-seven years it has been my hope that Grace Community Church would be a praying congregation.  I believe prayer is at the heart of what it means for us to be Christians and a local church.  Prayer is only possible because Jesus made the way for us to come...

A snap-shot scene from the ministry of Jesus among his disciples is instructive for us as his followers today. It’s a scene that points to the transformation Jesus works in us and therefore among us as his church. In Mark 9:33 we read that Jesus and his disciples were traveling...

 “… that we may be encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.” Romans 1:12 This morning’s phone call was supposed to be a pastoral care situation. That’s where someone asks me a question and then I give an answer. This is the way the world works, right? There...

“I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.” Psalm 16:8 We are always moving forward. There is always something before us. I live by my calendar. I get a sense of security from knowing what’s next. That’s why...