Death by Degrees
Sunday morning during church I was singing to the Lord with my hands held high and my eyes closed. I tend to move a bit when I worship. When I opened my eyes I realized I was no longer facing the worship leader, but had unknowingly turned to the left. Although I don’t think anyone else noticed, I laughed at myself. It’s easy to get off course, and it usually happens incrementally – little by little. If a pilot calibrates his or her course and is off by just a little bit,… Read More
Wrong For All The Right Reasons
“Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.” -Jesus Acts of the Apostles 10:15 NLT Peter’s prayer time was interrupted with an “Amber Alert” from heaven. Someone named Cornelius was lost and needed to be saved. There was only one problem- Cornelius was an outsider, a Gentile. The Jew vs. Gentile tension was deep, but not intrinsically born out of hatred or racism. It was a matter of Jewish laws regarding holiness and separation. The Jewish people rightly discerned that they were chosen of God, divinely favored, and special… Read More
Pastor Dale Jenkins 