Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor “Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.” Psalm 136:1 Twenty-six times in this passage we read that “his steadfast love endures forever.” This is how every verse ends! If you came across this chapter in your devotions, you might be tempted to feel it is repetitive and […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor What is the hardest lesson in the Christian life? Immediately some people think of the spiritual disciplines of Bible reading, prayer, and worship. Others think of sharing their faith with unbelievers. First, a person must know the right things to say then he must overcome his fear of failure or rejection and step out to […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor Okay, did I get your attention? Maybe that’s a bit of an overstatement so let me clarify and then explain what I mean. Don’t merely be an example to your kids. Did that help? Not really? Well, let me explain what I am trying to say. When I was a youth pastor at the same church for […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor “Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are accounted as the dust on the scales; behold, he takes up the coastlands like fine dust…All the nations are as nothing before him,they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.” Isaiah 40:15, 17 Isaiah 40 is one of the most […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9 The heart of biblical theology is the reality that salvation is by grace alone through the instrument of faith alone […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor “The nature of sin is not immorality and wrongdoing, but the nature of self-realization which leads us to say, “I am my own god.” This nature may exhibit itself in proper morality or in improper immorality, but it always has a common basis—my claim to my right to myself. When our Lord faced either people […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor Have you ever had someone give you bad advice? Maybe it is only upon reflection that you realize it is bad advice, but sometimes you are looking at the person earnestly giving you advice and you realize immediately how foolish or ridiculous it is. In college I had a friend of mine tell me, “Whoever […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor One older lady in my church stopped me Sunday Morning to ask me a question right before the service. Honestly, it usually isn’t a good time to stop a pastor to say something deep or ask the pastor a challenging life question (unless you’re telling me my fly is down). She was in failing health […]
