Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor Do you ever hear an idea and wonder where in the world it came from? Sometimes things are said so often, or the implications are not followed to their logical conclusion. Other times, there is a partial truth in the term, but it is imprecise and inarticulate. Ideas are said so often and so confidently […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor Recently I joined a “prayer cohort” of five pastors who are meeting weekly to discuss prayer and to pray together. This morning’s topic was, “Why is it so hard to pray?” While we were sharing different reasons we and others have not to pray one pastor said, “Honestly, to me sometimes prayer is like taking […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor Life is not about what happens to you but the story or grid by which you interpret that story. We can see this when we think of people’s expectations. An entitled child expects a new car when he graduates from high school. He doesn’t know that his parents have hit a rough patch and can […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor “Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’ So God created man in […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor “But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.” James 5:12 James, the half-brother of Jesus says almost the exact same thing that Jesus himself says […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor “Yet you say, ‘Why should not the son suffer for the iniquity of the father?’ When the son has done what is just and right, and has been careful to observe all my statutes, he shall surely live. The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor “Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. This calls for […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor One of the best book titles on the Christian life I have ever heard was the book by J. I. Packer called, Weakness is the Way. The subtitle expresses even more truth, Weakness is the Way: Life with Christ as our Strength. Having said that I don’t recommend the book. Not because it contains false teaching, but […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:17-18 We have entered into the Advent season where even much of the world recalls some aspects of the Christmas season. It is a […]
