Starting October 20, 2025, a new Morning Devotional series will begin. The series will focus on the book of James. Each devotional will be in video format and posted to this website. Additionally, the videos will be on his YouTube channel. A new devotional will be posted by 7 AM CT, Monday through Friday. They will be approximately 10 minutes long. The book of James is a very practical book with teachings regarding many matters of the Christian life. You can subscribe to the pastor’s YouTube channel to watch the videos. You will get a notification when a new devotional is released.

Starting October 20, 2025 , a new Morning Devotional series will begin. The series will focus on the book of James. Each devotional will be in video format and posted to this website as well as ...

Many seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the Lord that a man gets justice. (Proverbs 29:26, ESV) Prayer: Our God in heaven, you who are great and mighty, the only true God of heaven and earth and the God who brings perfect justice to your weary and troubled people, we bow before you to ask you to make right the wrongs that happen to those redeemed by the blood of your Son. WE know that you, as the Just Judge, must do what is right, and we count on that promise as we witness atrocities happening to your people.

I love you, O Lord, my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. 3 I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies. 4 The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me; 5 the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. 6 In my distress I called upon the Lord;

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! 2 O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! 3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? 4 But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. 5 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; 6 my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. 7 O Israel, hope in the Lord!

16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. 18 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.” (Daniel 3:16-18) Prayer: Our God in heaven, we bless your Name today and honor you with our words and lives because you are holy and you have saved us to live holy lives before you.

Sometimes there are issues in the church that require a response. Sometimes issues arise that require clarity. It is my effort in this paper to address the issue of an unamendable church constitution and provide clarity, if the Lord is willing. The goal of this paper is to address the issues surrounding a Presbyterian denomination that seeks to erect an unamendable constitution (The Westminster Standards, including the Confession of Faith and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms and The Book of Church Order). I write, not as an expert necessarily, but as one who has over forty years of experience in various Presbyterian contexts, and as one who has been an ordained officer in Presbyterian churches for twelve years.