The Community MinistryWeekly Message: The Mind of ChristJuly 22, 2025 Last week I wrote about the distractions in our life that draw us away from an intimate relationship with God. One of those distractions is the worldly desire to make a name for yourself. The world we live in values becoming famous, wealthy, well-known, or Continue Reading…
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Transformed by Christ
The Community MinistryWeekly Message: Transformed by ChristJuly 15, 2025 Sometimes the complexities of our world distract us from focusing on the things that are most important. Recent research suggests that the average time each person spends looking at a screen is now up to 7 hours each day. Nearly half of American teen-agers spend more Continue Reading…
Freedom from Sin
The Community MinistryWeekly Message: Freedom from SinJuly 8, 2025 Last week we had the opportunity to celebrate the birth of our country. Sometimes we get so tied up in the issues of the day, we forget about the freedom that we live in compared to many places in the world. Although our country is not Continue Reading…
Loving Like Jesus
The Community MinistryWeekly Message: Loving Like JesusJuly 1, 2025 The word respect as defined by Dictionary.com means: esteem for or a sense of the worth or excellence of a person. Were you ever told by your parents to “respect your elders?” This saying is thought to have come from the fifth commandment which says: “Honor Continue Reading…
The Gift of God’s Word
The Community MinistryWeekly Message: The Gift of God’s WordJune 24, 2025 Did you know that there are more than 450 different versions of the bible in the English language? The entire Bible has been translated into more than 700 languages, and parts of it have been translated into over 3,000 languages. Some languages have only Continue Reading…
Faith Without Works is Dead
The Community Ministry Weekly Message: Faith Without Works is Dead June 17, 2025 Have you ever been half committed to something? I certainly have. Sometimes uncertainty about the future or the amount of change we need to take on can cause us to not be fully committed to something or someone. Sometimes that can Continue Reading…
Grace – Understanding Each Other
The Community Ministry Weekly Message: Grace – Understanding Each Other June 10, 2025 We live in a world where there is conflict all around us. Whether it is differences in the sports teams we cheer on, competition for the jobs we pursue, or the political candidates we support, it seems we are always able Continue Reading…
The Promises of God
The Community Ministry Weekly Message: The Promises of God June 3, 2025 Life can be hard at times. It is easy to get discouraged when we face struggles, challenges, health issues, lose a job or worse yet lose someone who is close to us. It is in these times that I find great comfort Continue Reading…
Why is There So much Evil in the World?
The Community MinistryWeekly Message: Why is There So much Evil in the World? May 27, 2025 One of the questions I hear from people regularly is why is there evil in the world Continue Reading…
Renewing our Minds
The Community Ministry Weekly Message: Renewing our Minds May 20, 2025 Our country and our community have sure had some challenges over the past few years. We have just been through a presidential election, inflation has made everything we buy more expensive, and living here in the Keys is becoming more difficult as the cost Continue Reading…