Pastor Glen to go on Sermon Planning Retreat

During the week of August 24th, Pastor Glen will be on a sermon planning retreat.  He will be praying and seeking God’s direction in planning his preaching for the coming year.  Please be praying for him as he engages in this retreat that God will fill him with the Word...

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When Walking Through the Valley

I love the mountains! In fact, if I had my druthers, I’d live in the mountains, near a lake where I could go fishing whenever I wanted.  I just haven’t figured out how I can do that and still live near enough to Angels Stadium to catch a game whenever...

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The Issues Dividing the Church

  Unless you have been living under a rock for the last several years, you are aware that our denomination, The United Methodist Church, is severely stressed and divided over the issue of homosexuality, same-sex marriage and openly gay clergy (not to mention abortion). With annual conference just completed, no...

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Entering Perilous Times

The signs are clear. The times are changing, and not necessarily for the better from the prospective of faithful Christians trying to live out the principles of Scripture. We need to prepare ourselves for a future which will be decidedly unfriendly to Christianity and the Church. For a long time,...

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Changing Our Paradigm

A couple of weeks ago I preached a sermon titled “Revival or Survival” in which I shared what I believe to be a critical change churches will need to make in order to serve God faithfully into the future. In fact, I said that if churches don’t make this change,...

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