Pastor Jeff’s Blog

Actually, I don’t have a sense of needing anything personally. I’ve learned by now to be quite content whatever my circumstances. I’m just as happy with little as with much, with much as with [...]

The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know. Pray especially for rulers and their governments to rule well so we can be quietly about our business [...]

God gives sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike. – Matthew 5:45 Assigning moral blame for natural disasters is a hallmark of bad theology. Pat [...]

But the Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground!” – Genesis 4:10 Twenty-five-year-old Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed while jogging in a [...]

Learning from sadness can bear great fruit, avoiding it can have hidden costs. – Marianne Williamson Spring is such an abundant season, and this is by far the nicest spring I’ve experienced in my [...]

This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. – Psalm 118:24 So many things are out of your control these days. You can’t control how long this pandemic will last. You [...]

So above all, guard the affections of your heart, for they affect all that you are. Pay attention to the welfare of your innermost being, for from there flows the wellspring of life. – Proverbs [...]

Whoever comes to me must follow in my steps and be willing to share my cross and experience it as his own, or he cannot be considered to be my disciple. All who seek to live apart from me will [...]

Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles. All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods [...]

Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the [...]