Years ago I served alongside an amazing man from South Africa named, Steve Murphy. He was ten years my senior and his faith was impressive. He spoke so highly of God and so highly of his desires from God. Regularly he would talk of God blessing our f...

Life tends to either be smooth sailing or very difficult. The smooth sailing can last for years, but it is not where growth takes place. Hagar was in a difficult place. She was experiencing the jealousy of her owner. She had what Sarai wanted. She ha...

Abram was an older man. Earlier in Genesis 12 God had made him a grandiose promise to make his offspring as numerous as the sand of the sea and the stars in the sky. We find later in Genesis 15 that the promise is made again and Abram believes a...

As a young boy I would go to a lake not far from my home. One summer day I was fishing and moved one of the big rocks on the rocky side of the lake. To my amazement there was a tool called the Fisherman’s Friend. It was a combination pliers, knife an...

I was invited to an amazing lodge on the western slope of Colorado to spend a few days over the holiday season. I was in the busy season of the year and the rest that the trip would provide was actually needed. Let me mention one more thing, the lodg...

We hope you are staying warm after that unexpected snow fall yesterday. We are excited to see everyone at our NEW TIME 10AM Sunday morning at Legacy Academy. Continue to spread the word! Pastor Jim will be preaching on Luke 4:1-13 Part 2 "Resistin...

What are you holding onto today? What has your hearts attention? What focusses your energy like nothing else? It is possible to be faked out. It is possible to not know what is of infinite value, and to be satisfied with a winning lottery ticket. &nb...

Our prayer life reveals our priorities. Our prayer life revels our values. Our prayer life reveals our spiritual sight. Many years ago I wrongly shut down a trend in our junior high youth group. The students started by praying for sick relatives. Tha...

After the stoning of Stephen the church in Jerusalem is scattered. The deacons including Philip went out preaching. Just like the commission from Jesus in Chapter one, they went to Judea and Samaria. Philips ministry resulted in physical healing and...

Many times we hear these words as a rebuke of our correcting someone sinning. The actual point is that self examination needs to precede our pronouncement of judgement on someone else. Jesus goes on to point out logs and specks in this passage. Our v...