Archives: Pastors' Corner

If you’ve ever spent any time in a weight room you’ve probably heard the phrase, “no pain, no gain”.  The idea is that in order for muscle fibers to grow and expand, they need to be torn down.  Lifting weights to the point of pain can be helpful in building muscle, as long as you don’t overdo it.  Of course, most of us do not like pain, so most people who lift weights usually stop before they reach a point where the real building of muscle tissue begins.  God has his own training program for us and it often involves […]

Have you ever been in a situation where something bad happened to you physically and it got you thinking if God was really there or if He really cared?  Perhaps it was a diagnosis you never expected or an accident that caused you to suffer?  Fortunately, we live in a country and a time when pain and suffering can often be minimized.  Praise God for Advil!  However, a downside of this minimization of suffering is that when suffering and pain do come, even God’s people can begin to believe that God doesn’t care or that He isn’t paying attention.  Or, […]

God’s word is so clear about the danger of idols in our lives.  God is the only One worthy of worship in our lives and He makes this abundantly clear in His word.  Yet, the pull of idol worship is so strong.  In the Old Testament we read of many cultures who served gods of stone and wood.  God had called His people out from such worship and yet they continued to slip back into idolatry.  In 2 Chronicles 25 we read about King Amaziah of Judah.  He had just led Judah to a great victory (with God’s help of […]

Yesterday I watched bits and pieces of the movie, “Thor”.  If you don’t know the storyline of the movie it goes something like this…Young, attractive, strong, yet hot-headed heir to the throne is banished from his world for his rebellion against his father the king.  This man, Thor, has a hammer which is “way cool”.  It is an incredible weapon.  However, Thor loses his weapon as he falls to earth.  The king pronounces that the hammer should once again be possessed by someone who is worthy of its power.  Thor falls to earth and is like a regular human being, […]

In this part of Pennsylvania you cannot drive one mile without seeing multiple corn and soybean fields.  It is very beautiful and yet very functional as well.  I was reading from Paul’s letter to the Corinthian church this morning and was reminded of the principle of “sowing and reaping”.  In verse 6 Paul writes this:  6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.  Many of us have heard this before.  Paul is not speaking of crops here but rather of giving.  Like the farmer who sows his seed in […]