a word from the pastor

The Greatest Freedom

In the wake of our nation's 250th anniversary, it is worth reflecting on how America's Founding Fathers understood liberty. For many of them, freedom was inseparable from biblical morality. They believed that a free people must also be a virtuous people. Although the exact wording is disputed, Ge...
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Captured by Christ

In college, I belonged to a society called Theta Epsilon Chi, a Greek acronym meaning “Triumphing in Christ.” Our theme verse came from Paul’s second letter to the church in Corinth: "But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragra...
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For Love of Liberty

If you’ve ever watched the movie “The Patriot” starring Mel Gibson you should know that his character is loosely based on a real patriot of the American Revolution, Francis Marion, a.k.a. “the swamp fox.” His was a rag tag band of farmers, clerks, and teachers that stood against a better equipped...
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