Pastor’s Blog (Page 9)

Never compromise the Word of God. Compromise in relationships and to solve problems can be a good thing. Compromise as it relates to God’s truth is never a good thing. It leads nowhere except in one direction — more compromise, and then moral, spiritual, and cultural failure.The recent decision by Azusa Pacific University… Never compromise…

There’s a “big to-do” in the Evangelical community these days about “social justice,” with some Bible-believing, Gospel-preaching men calling themselves Social Justice Warriors (SJWs for short).  The Southern Baptists are becoming quite divided over this, and groups like The…

Things usually slow down during the summer at Acton Faith (after VBS, that is!), but for us it’s been a busy summer. Rested or not, I am excited to be gearing up for the fall when church ministries start up in earnest. God’s work in His church must be done well for His glory. We have two great tasks: Equip the saints for ministry and reach the lost. That’s it. That…

Entertainment used to be a part of every Bible-based church’s instruction (sometimes thoughtfully, sometimes not), but in our current church climate it almost seems like breaking a special unspoken rule to talk about it. It is seen as a private area that is entirely at the discretion of the individual. But is that a biblical way to look at it? It was an interesting…

Almost from the very beginning of my Many years as pastor at Acton Faith Bible Church, I have been involved with the IFCA. In fact, I would never have learned about AFBC apart from the IFCA. So, what is the IFCA and why does it matter? While the IFCA is not a denomination, it is a formal affiliation as a nation-wide, and world-wide… Almost from the very beginning of…

Humans are amazing creatures, aren’t we? We can not only reason in complex and abstract ways, we can put thoughts and ideas into words and share them with other people. It is an incredible gift, and a true mark of our being made in the image of God. This gift also carries with it great power. King Solomon tells us “The tongue has…

“The times require of us bold and unflinching maintenance of the entire truth of Christianity, and the divine authority of the Bible.” Bishop Ryle wrote that in 1877 in England. Not much has changed, has it? We see the same things all around us 140 years later. There is no real cause for alarm, but there is cause for prayer and…

We recently studied a rather dramatic moment in Revelation chapter 7 when an angel carrying â€œthe seal of the Living God” rises up out of the morning sun and calls a halt to the judgments being poured out on our sinful world. Something must happen before the judgments continue. Remarkably, that something is the sealing of…

God knows everything. He made everything. Nothing escapes His notice. But what is it that grabs His attention? Where does He direct His gaze? To whom does God look with favor? Out of all creation, and out of all the people who live on the earth, God turns His attention to the ones who are humble, contrite, and “tremble at His word.” God knows everything. He made…

Sith Lords, Jedi Knights…? I think most of the world caught the new Star Wars movie before I did. You don’t have to know much about world religions to pick up on the eastern religious themes in it. Good and evil are kept in balance by the Force…they never really win. God, the guide of all history, seeks no balance, but rather the triumph of good…