Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. (1 John 4:11-12)I met...  Read More

O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. (Psalm 63:1)This Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, the first day...  Read More

Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which...  Read More

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. (John 10:10)I’ve often heard the analogy that for those whose job it is to spot counte...  Read More

“What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?” (Mark 8:36)As a church, we have been reading through the Bible in 2021, and the first book we finished was Job. One of the fu...  Read More

“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” (Galatians 5:1)One of the fundamental values of our culture is that...  Read More

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21)I was pushing my grocery cart down the frozen food aisle this past weekend when I caught a glimpse of an Edwards key lime pie to my r...  Read More

     Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints (Psalm 116:15)In September of 1997, I found myself on a Sunday morning in a Glastonbury church that was meeting at Academy School on M...  Read More

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” (Matthew 5:6)If you were able to hook up a secret camera in the church sanctuary and watch me in my morning prayer...  Read More

Has not the LORD made them one? In flesh and spirit they are his. And why one? Because he was seeking godly offspring. So guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith with the wife of your yo...  Read More

“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” (Matthew 6:33)This past Sunday, I preached on the first chapter of Malachi, a confrontational pas...  Read More

During November and the first week of December, our church is joining with other area churches in collecting new, unwrapped toys for the Hartford City Mission Noah Christmas Store. The Noah Christmas ...  Read More

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. (Romans 8:18)Raise your hand if you’re old enough to remember Bruce Springsteen’s song “Glory...  Read More

After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. "The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!"(Mark 1:14-15)By t...  Read More

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that d...  Read More

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” (John 10:10)I have the privilege of doing marriage counseling on occasion with coupl...  Read More

Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers. (1 Timothy 4:16)This past Sunday I preached a sermon on Joshua 7, a passage th...  Read More

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge:  Preach the Word; be prepared in season and ou...  Read More

“Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, "Thus far has the LORD helped us.” (1 Samuel 7:12)When I say “Ebenezer,” you say… Scrooge?This past Sunda...  Read More

The following is adapted from the May 12th, 2015 Pulse of NewLife.“Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patie...  Read More

The following is adapted from the May 19th, 2015 Pulse of NewLife.“My son, pay attention to what I say; listen closely to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for ...  Read More

“See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.  13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may ...  Read More

“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”  Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest com...  Read More

“Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt I had to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.” (Jude...  Read More