Last week in one of my blog posts, I was lamenting the fact that many Christians don’t understand that we are in a battle and that the enemy is at war against us. One of the ways this is reflected is in our contemporary worship music. In generations past, it was not hard to find hymns that described the fight of faith, such as the … Continue reading O Church Arise

If finally feels like summer is here! We just came through a beautiful Memorial Day weekend and now we can look forward to a fantastic summer. What is it about summer that brings such excitement and hope to us? It seems as though we plod along through the winter months looking forward to spring and summer and the beautiful weather we know will come. The … Continue reading June Pastors Newsletter

Yesterday, I was going to through our church hymnbook and I came across a song by the great hymn writer Charles Wesley, brother of John Wesley. Check out the lyrics to this song. To say the least, songs like this are foreign to us in our modern Christian world. Soldiers of Christ, Arise Soldiers of Christ, arise, And put your armor on, Strong in the … Continue reading The Battle Belongs to the Lord