I still remember the time Carol fainted during a worship service. She had not been “slain in the spirit.” Nor had my preaching put her to sleep. The culprit, instead, was a pre-existing health condition. As this elderly member lay passed out in her pew, congregation members took action. Tommy Givens called 911. Karen Kim… Read More

Advent begins four Sundays before Christmas, and ends on December 25th. The word “advent” comes from the Latin word adventus, which means “coming” or “arrival.”  Advent is a season when Christians look ahead to the celebration of our Lord’s birth on Christmas. We also anticipate the second coming or “advent” of Christ. And finally, we… Read More

Anything built with human hands can fall to ruins. The Eaton and Palisades fires drove this lesson home to us in 2025. But for millennia, our scriptures have proclaimed this bitter truth as well. The books of Second Kings, 2 Chronicles, and Jeremiah all recount the time in 587/586 BCE that Babylon besieged Judah’s capital… Read More