Letter from the Pastor

July 26, 2019

Letter From the Pastor – July, 28. 2019

                 Over many years I have heard and read many definitions of faith.  One of my favorites goes like this: “Faith means betting your life on God.”                 To some people faith is a serious flaw in the fabric of religion.  The Philosopher Bertrand Russell once wrote:  “We may define faith as a firm belief in something for which there is no evidence.  When there is evidence, no one speaks of faith.  We do not speak of faith that two and two are four or that the earth is round.  We only speak […]
July 17, 2019

Letter From the Pastor – July 21, 2019

          I dare say some of us know, or have known, what is to wear used clothes, to buy used books, and to drive used cars. And the truth of the matter is that it’s really not a bad way to live. If it is handled right, there’s a touch of class to it. Perhaps you have noticed that people who grow up in large families, wearing hand-me down clothes, almost always end up bragging about it.   Secondhand living isn’t all bad. In fact, it can be quite good.           But there are some […]
July 10, 2019

Letter From the Pastor – July 14, 2019

           When Dwight Eisenhower was President of the United States, he was quoted as saying, “the   people of the world want peace so much that that one these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.”  Here we are many years later and still the saying of President Eisenhower rings true.             If we could take a survey of the nations of the world, I am sure we would discover that one of the deepest desires of all people is to live in peace.  At […]
July 2, 2019

Letter From the Pastor – July 7, 2019

                 Some people ask why is prayer necessary at all?  God knows what we need; why tell Him?  He wants the best for every one of us; why should we request anything?                  Well, there are some things that God cannot give us.  We must keep in mind that Christian prayer does not mean persuading God to give us what we want.  That is pagan prayer.  Christian prayer means putting ourselves in the position where God can give us what He wants to have.  Giving, in this sense, is not a simple, one-sided […]
June 27, 2019

Letter From the Pastor – June 30, 2019

            Thursday of this week is the 4th of July, a date of historical significance because it marks the birth of our nation. It was on that day in 1776 that representatives of the thirteen colonies signed a document declaring themselves to be a free and independent nation. Most of us are familiar with the contents of that document. We, of course, know it as “The Declaration of Independence.” In clear and concise language, it avows that the colonies are no longer connected with or controlled by the British Empire.           […]