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...

As my kids were growing up they would talk about something coming up that produced inordinate anxiety. Sometimes they would start rattling off all the possibilities for something to go awry before an event had even taken place. Our common response to...

Wow! What a whirlwind of a year this has been. Redemption Valley Church is coming up on the anniversary of our first year. We have seen a lot of changes over the past 12 months, God is working in our community, in our lives and in our church. We...

Jesus compares us to a city set on a hill. We are so bright when the light of Jesus shines through us that it is attention grabbing. Others cannot miss us when our light shines in this darkened world. My friend Jarrod from Australia would comment on...