Greetings

Greetings Riverchase family! I am delighted to be serving you this summer as the pulpit ministry intern! It is a great privilege to be here alongside you all and to continue to learn and grow. Although there are many who know me very well, I would like for you to know some things about me. […]

Greetings Riverchase family! I am delighted to be serving you this summer as the pulpit ministry intern! It is a great privilege to be here alongside you all and to continue to learn and grow. Although there are many who know me very well, I would like for you to know some things about me. I love BBQ. I could eat BBQ for every meal for weeks, and I would be happy as a clam! My mortal enemies are Brussels sprouts. I will not eat them. I will not eat them with a fox, on a train, or any other way that Dr. Seuss may have thought of. One of my best friends is my bow and arrow. We have been friends since my Freshman year of High School, and we hang out almost every day.
As I am introducing myself, I would like to share one of my favorite Bible verses. 2nd Timothy 2:2 says, “And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also (ESV). As a preacher and minister, this verse hits home. But this verse does not apply only to preachers and ministers. It is easy to keep the word of God to ourselves in order to enhance our own lives. Instead, the word of God is for others as well. We all have the opportunity to affect the lives of others, and to pass down the things we have been given by those who have gone before us.
As we begin the summer together, let us all remember to be mindful of the needs of others. Let us remember to pass on those things that have been given to us by those who have loved and invested in us. Let us give as we have been given.

Kidmin 101

This past Sunday night, I shared five core values that our Children’s Ministry is founded on. These values are what helps keep each event, activity, and class in line with our overall mission. The core values are: 1. Know: Our children will learn to know God and the...

Faith On a Shelf

I have this hat that my dad brought back to me from a business trip to Atlanta when I was 9 or 10 years old. You can see that I’ve worn it a lot. In fact, I wore it to just about everywhere I went during the summer when I was a kid. Church camps, grandparents’ house,...

“Jesus Loves Me”

After being led in this song by two of our young men Sunday night, I was reminded of a quotation from Karl Barth. On April 23, 1962, Karl Barth (the renown 20th Century Swiss-German, neo-orthodox theologian) spoke at Rockefeller Chapel on the campus of the University...

That’s Not a Candle

Several years ago, there was story shared about a woman from Connecticut whose power had gone out during a storm. She left her house to go to a local hardware store to purchase some flashlights, but the store was closed. She returned home and found what she thought...

The Post-Christian Problem

I attended the New Day Conference in Murfreesboro, Tennessee at the end of last week with a small group from Riverchase. It was a good conference and I left encouraged about the opportunities we have to fulfill the call of Christ to make disciples. On Friday evening,...

Josiah’s Reform

In the thirty-one years of his rule, King Josiah proved to be a faithful man of God and a great king of Judah. He served God from the beginning as a young king and grew into a greater understanding of God’s will and a determination to follow that will. He made a...

You Are What You Eat

You Are What You Eat You’ve heard the phrase, “You are what you eat.” Simply defined, it means that you should eat healthy if you want to be healthy. This phrase can trace its roots back to the early 1800’s. It came from the 1826 work The Physiology of Taste, in which...

It Is Well

Above the piano in our house is a large wood sign with the phrase, “it is well with my soul” on it. Kimberly and I purchased it during a season of our life together where we were not completely sure what the future had in store for our little family. Since then, the...

Do Over

  I messed up on recording my recent radio programs. The sound quality was so bad Mark could not run them on the air. So, I deleted them and recorded them again.   I sure wish I could do that in real life with all the other mistakes I make. Just delete them...

Don’t Believe Your Preacher

Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. (2 John 1:9 ESV) Here is the test. The “teaching of Christ” is, of course, the very word of God. So, if your...