Author Archive: Pastor Rhodes

Aug 14, 2016 – Roots! Do you like wine? I like wine. Wine’s good. Medical reports tell us of the benefits of drinking wine in proper amounts as being good and healthy. But do you know what makes healthy wine?… (READ MORE)

Aug7, 2016 – Treasure Seeds! A preacher friend of mine tells the story of a young lady come to his office in Seattle for counseling some years ago. She moaned about how difficult life had been for her; she didn’t… (READ MORE)

July 31, 2016 – Above, with Christ Forty-seven years ago this month, it was the biggest news on earth. But this summer, I bet it slipped by without most of us even noticing. As important as it was, and still… (READ MORE)

Jul 24, 2016 – God’s Persistent Love A woman phoned the manager of a concert hall and demanded to know if her valuable diamond pendant, lost there the previous night, had been turned in. He asked her to hold the… (READ MORE)

July 17, 2016 – Our Master’s Voice Do you remember the old corporate seal for the RCA Company? If you’re old enough and you know what they are, you may have seen it on some of their records. It pictures… (READ MORE)

July 10, 2016 – “In-between, Do Mercy” A group of psychologists performed an experiment that demonstrated the power of peer pressure. They invited groups of ten teens into a room with a chart on the wall. The chart had three… (READ MORE)

July 3, 2016 – “The Declaration of Independence” I love the 4th of July don’t you? There’re some things about the 4th of July that are fun to know like; in 1778, General George Washington marked July 4 with a… (READ MORE)

I’m not usually a fan of bumper sticker theology but here’s one that’s pretty close to today’s gospel lesson. It goes, He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. In the gospel lesson we see… (READ MORE)

June 19, 2016 – “Stay and Tell” Don’t you get confused when God seems to throw a roadblock in the plans you think He’s laid out for you? I don’t know if this only happens to me but there’re times… (READ MORE)

Feb 10, 2016 – Ash Wednesday Tonight as we begin our Lenten season with the imposition of ashes, we hear again those ancient words, from dust you came and to dust you shall return. We hear those words to remind… (READ MORE)