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Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, March 25, 2025.  Luke 17 and the least of these. Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to Turning on the Lights! for Tuesday March 15, 2025.  Today we open Luke chapter 17 and discuss the reminder that Jesus provides us that He is God and we are not.  It is a message that prideful humanity is loathe to hear, but it is a necessary and oft repeated message from […]

Turning on the Lights! – Thursday, March 20, 2025.  It’s about Sabbath! Good Morning. Good Morning my brothers and my sisters.  We slow it down a bit today and reflect upon the highs and lows of our circumstances contrasted with our relationship with God through Jesus Christ.  What does it mean when the psalmist writes, “As deep call to deep?” How can we question God’s presence one moment and then praise Him the next?  What do we do when it […]

Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, March 18, 2025.  Let Us Discover Christ in the Scriptures. Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to Turning On the Lights for Tuesday, March 18, 2025.  We are back and better than ever as we continue our journey to and through the cross April 20.  Today, we look at the many ways that Christ, the Lion of Judah, the Sacrificial Lamb of God, is revealed to us in both […]

Turning on the Lights! – Thursday, March 6, 2025.  It’s about Sabbath! Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to Thursday, March 6, 2025.  Today, in relation to what we are learning from Luke 13-14, we talk about the sabbath and sabbath rest.  Are they one and the same? Is it a specifically set-apart time? Is it retreating inside ourselves with only God and finding spiritual rest? Is it a combination of all of the above? […]

Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, March 4, 2025.  Luke 14 and more. Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to Turning On the Lights for Tuesday, March 4 2025.  Today we continue our journey through the gospel according to Luke and into Easter taking a look at Luke 14 and the humbling of the haughty – especially those who are haughty in their religion.  Watch, or have a listen – check out the podcast – […]

Turning on the Lights! – Thursday, February 27, 2025.  Let’s talk church. Good morning, Good morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to Turning On the Lights! for Thursday February 27 2025.  Interesting set of conversations today about church attendance and accountability as well as our first foray into the Gospel according to Luke and our journey to the cross.  There are 10,080 minutes in every week – how many of those is your church asking for? HHHmmmmmmm I […]

Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, February 25, 2025.  Psalm 145! Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to Turning On the Lights! for Tuesday February 25, 2025. Today we begin our journey to the cross with Psalm 145. We will be looking at a variety of scriptures that compliment Luke chapters 13-24 as we preach and teach our way to and through Resurrection Sunday! Enjoy! I pray that this time together strengthens and encourages you.  […]

Turning on the Lights! – Thursday, February 20, 2025.  Salvation in the Psalms! Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to the Thursday February 20 2025 edition of Turning On the Lights! Today we dive into Psalm 27 and take a look at the clear message of salvation it teaches. Simple, powerful words of light and life that we all need – saved or not.  Take these words to heart – and take yourself to church […]

Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, February 18, 2025.  Let’s talk about holiness. Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to Turning On the Lights! for Tuesday February 18, 2025.  Today we dive into both the Old and New Testaments to examine the biblical concept of holiness, what it means to be holy, and how we intentionally seek to follows the ways of our Holy God.  The Bible, as you know, is one unified story, and […]

Turning on the Lights! – Thursday, February 13, 2025.  Let’s relax with Psalm 145 today. Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to Thursday February 13, 2025.  Today we talk about basic Bible study. The basics of bible translations. And then we get into Psalm 145 and go through it line-by-line.  What or Who is the Psalm actually talking about? How can we tell? We answer those questions and much more today.  JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Keep […]

Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, February 11, 2025.  It is another day in 1 Peter. Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters.  It is another day in 1 Peter – but before we get started, we talk a bit about the nature of congregation and keeping families together during church.  And then we get back into 1 Peter 4 and 5 to talk about what it means to suffer for Christ and how to use that to […]

Turning on the Lights! – Thursday, February 6, 2025.  Looking Back and Being Prepared. Good Morning my brothers and my sisters. It is Thursday February 6, 2025 and today we take a little time to look back at Matthew 25 and the teachings of Christ about being prepared for the age to come.  This message applies, of course, to every believer – but it also applies to every local church and to the church universal.  We have choices to make […]

Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, February 4, 2025.  Do Thy Friends Despise, Forsake Thee?  1 Peter 4 Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to Turning On the Lights got Tuesday February 4, 2025.  We continue today in the Apostle Peter’s first letter as we explore just what it means to be a light in the dark world – and to bear the name of Christ (Christians) in an anti-Christian culture.  My prayer is that these words […]

Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, January 28, 2025.  Into the hard parts of 1 Peter  Are you willing? Good Morning. Good Morning my brothers and my sisters. We are back after a crazy week to delve back into the hard, but simple teaching of Peter in his first Epistle.  Language is the power of culture – to control the language is to control the culture. We take a good look at this concept today as we examine descriptive text, […]

Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, January 21, 2025. Order, Structure, and Obedience from 1 Peter. Sometimes the Bible isn’t so easy to teach. We love the messages about marriage, money, sex, and stress – and how scripture can benefit us in material ways – We don’t always like the more nuanced teaching about the order and structure of our society (and churches) that is based solely on the obedience we show to The Most High.  Today we talk about […]

Turning on the Lights! – Thursday, January 16, 2025. From the Churchtown Church of God. Our identity in Christ and Christ alone. Psalm 118. Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters! It is Thursday January 16, 2025 and today we talk about what it means to have our identity in Christ and Christ alone.  I share a bit of personal testimony concerning me and the church and then dig into Psalm 118 which speaks of the authority of […]

Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, January 14, 2025. 1 Peter and being the Cornerstone. Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to Tuesday January 14, 2025.  Today, we go back into 1 Peter and talk about what it means that Jesus is the Cornerstone and through faith in Him, we become cornerstones.  Along the way, we talk about HOW we go about studying the Bible so that we can always be fair to the TEXT […]

urning on the Lights! – Thursday, January 9, 2025. Another look at holy living through Ephesians 4. Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to Turning On the Lights! from the Churchtown Church of God. It is Thursday January 9, 2025 and today we continue to explore the concept of living a holy life that is worthy of our calling as disciples of Christ.  Tuesday we looked at 1 Peter 1 and today we open up […]

Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Living a holy life in Babylon. Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and sisters and welcome to Turning on the Lights for Tuesday January 7, 2025.  Today we go back into 1 Peter and talk aboout the reality that every disciples feces – how do we live the holy life we are called to live in the midst of an anti-Christian world? Peter has some words of wisdom that were given […]

Turning on the Lights! – Thursday, January 2, 2025. 1 Peter 1! Babylon in the church. The church ion Babylon, This is the main idea that Peter explores in his encouragements to the churches in the Roman Empire.  We are able to draw many corollaries to the church in modern America, to be sure, but it is also a very personal message for all followers of Christ to look in the mirror and discern for ourselves the power of God […]

Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, December 31, 2024. The church in Babylon,  what does that mean? Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters!  We are back and today we begin a discussion of what it means for the church to be holy.  We will be using the text of 1 Peter that was written while Peter was in Rome (Babylon) to the churches suffering persecution in the empire.  Today we define our terms and get the ball […]

Turning on the Lights! – Thursday, December 19, 2024. Philippians 1 and our faith! Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters – We are back and we are on fire! Today we open the scriptures and read through Philippians chapter 1. Paul went through a lot, in fact, he is writing from prison. What can we learn from his trials? What can we as modern Christians take away form his words to Philippi.  Well, there is only one […]

Turning on the Lights! – Thursday, December 12, 2024. We Will Never Be Without the Joy of the Lord! Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to halfway between December 1 and Christmas Eve! I have been thinking a great deal about Advent lately (for obvious reasons), and I have a few thoughts about faith, hope, love, peace, and joy.  We live in the age of the church. What does that mean, and how does Advent […]

Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, December 10, 2024. Be a Peacemaker! Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to Tuesday December 10, 2024.  Blessed are the Peacemakers is a favorite Christian verse, but does it mean that we just sit back and bask in the peace of the Lord?  Or does it mean that we live the life of a disciple of Christ, meaning that we have made peace with our Creator, and seek to […]

Turning on the Lights! – Thursday, December 5, 2024. CHRISTMAS FOCUS! Maybe it is Facebook that is getting me all fired up, or maybe it is the fact that the Satan is coming after faithful followers hard this time of year – but I am fired up today!  Let’s take a look at exactly what we are hoping for through Jesus the Christ and pry for the day when we will be truly hopeless.  Christmas can be hard on so […]

Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, December 3, 2024.  A little Pneumonia can’t keep a pastor down over Christmas! I am back – almost at full strength – to talk about the fantastical stories of the conception and birth of Jesus, the Christ of God.  NO WAY can the church just gloss over these incredibly foundational theological pillars. NO WAY is the church being “sensitive” to non-believers by ignoring the reality of the divine nature of Christ.  Today, we talk […]

Turning on the Lights! – Thursday, November 14, 2024.  Idol Worship and the Image Bearers of God. Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters. It is Thursday November 14, 2024 and today I am EN FUEGO!  We discuss what is perhaps the most powerful force that draws people away from the church and the church away from Jesus – Idol Worship.  From a conversation about Christmas worship to the interpretation of the birth narratives, to wrath of God […]

Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, November 12.  We talk about religion, salvation, politics, and even the date on which Christ was born. Good morning, Good morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to turning on the Lights for Tuesday November 12, 2024! A little bit of everything happening this morning. I am stuck on the Gospel of John and salvation only through the Son of God, but I stray a bit into education, politics, and even the date […]

Turning on the Lights! – Thursday, November 7, 2024.  Matthew 17, a tough text! Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to Thursday November 7, 2024 and Turning On the Lights!  Today, by request, we take a look at Matthew 17:14-22. It is a difficult text to understand and digest, not to mention the way Jesus seems to talk to His creation!  Let’s explore it together and hopefully at the end we are strengthened in our […]