Facing Giants

By Pastor Bob Morgan (To get the most out of this devotional I encourage you to read any Scripture references listed. Maybe the Holy Spirit wants to show you something personally.) There are fewer childhood Bible stories as familiar as David and Goliath. David, the young shepherd boy, faces down the giant Goliath. Background Israel …

The Cost of — Disobedience

By Pastor Bob Morgan (To get the most out of this devotional I encourage you to read any Scripture references listed. Maybe the Holy Spirit wants to show you something personally.) First, I apologize for not releasing an article last week. Rather than meet a self-imposed, arbitrary, publishing schedule, I’d rather simply share when I …

Discerning Our Sovereign Circumstances Through Eyes Of Faith

By Pastor Bob Morgan (To get the most out of this devotional, I encourage you to read any Scripture references listed). This is something that I really want to share from my heart as the days grow darker (C.f., Mt 24). In Revelation, the Resurrected, Glorified, Enthroned Christ speaks as Sovereign Lord of His church. …

Seeking God’s Will & Guidance For Our Lives

By Pastor Bob Morgan (To get the most out of this devotional I encourage you to look up and read the Scripture references listed). As many of you know, I try to incorporate a message on how to discover God's will for our lives from the pulpit at least once a year. So many are …

Remembering Biblical Priorities When Voting

By Pastor Bob Morgan Like many of you, I'm challenged by our choices for candidates again this election season. But it's not about who I "like" or "dislike." It's not about personalities, preferences or politics. It's about biblical priorities and who will most closely aligns with God's values. How do we choose? What should be …

The Loveliness Of Christ: From Cradle To Grave

By Pastor Bob Morgan (This is an updated reprint of an article I published in a local newspaper several years ago. I hope it blesses you as much as it did me writing and rereading it.) As I’ve been studying and meditating on the attributes of God, I was struck by the loveliness of Christ. …

Reputation & Character

By Pastor Bob Morgan What’s more important to us --- reputation or character? Pastor Bob, I thought they were the same thing? Close, but no cigar. Although similar, they are critically different. Reputation is our public persona, what others think of us. Character is what we really are when no one is around --- most …

The Cost of Obedience

By Pastor Bob Morgan I want to share some things I've personally learned over the years about obedience, both its blessings and brokenness. I'm still learning, even after having had the privilege to start and pastor the same church for over 25+ years. Many of us have heard that “obedience always leads to blessings.” That’s …

Great Declarations of Faith in a Great & Faithful God: Mary the Mother of Jesus

By Pastor Bob Morgan Luke 1:26-38 (Please read to get the most of this devotional) Mary, the future mother of Jesus, was probably as young as 13 years of age when this vignette takes place. She was already engaged to a carpenter named Joseph, who was probably several years older. The engagement would have been …

Providence & America’s War For Independence: Setting The Record Straight

By Pastor Bob Morgan Many of you know my great love of history: Bible History, Church History and American History. And, approaching it from what historians call “the Great Man Theory." I’m alarmed by the misinformed, radical revisionist, “historians,” whose “research” is more often based upon “opinion research” to further a political agenda than reality …