Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor There is an old saying, “once bitten, twice shy.” There is a lot of truth in this cliché. When we have been mistreated or tricked we become gun-shy and are more untrusting of others. Our natural tendency is to question the motives and intents of others. We become suspicious of others and begin to look […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor “Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, and her voice was not heard. Therefore, Eli took her to be a drunken woman. And Eli said to her, ‘How long will you go on being drunk? Put your wine away from you.’ But Hannah answered, ‘No, my lord, I am a woman troubled […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor I sat in my English class at college ready for another day of 18th century English poetry. The professor, Dr. Kay Lugwigson, always began class with devotional thoughts and prayer. The quote for that day was taken from the Westminster Shorter Catechism. The Catechism was set up in a question and answer format. The first […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor “Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Holy Scriptures or by evident reason – for I can believe neither pope nor councils alone, as it is clear that they have erred repeatedly and contradicted themselves-I consider myself convicted by the testimony of Holy Scripture, which is my basis; my conscience is captive to […]
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 “A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” (Proverbs 18:24) This might seem like a strange confession, but it is a practical reality in my life, and I think in the life of every guy. I’m only going to be speaking to the […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor When I was a young Christian in 1988, a book swept through much of the Evangelical Church. I was too young and not yet a believer when The Late, Great Planet Earth was popular, and this was years before the Left Behind series would become a phenomenon. The book I am referring to is the bestseller, 88 Reasons Why the […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor When did the cultural shift happen? Most things don’t happen in an instant. Sometimes we mistake the result of something with the cause. For instance, over the years I have heard of many people cite the removal of prayer from the public schools as the cause of decline in public education. However, the removal of […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor When I was a youth pastor, I had one gentleman who was heavily into creation science. He had a vanity plate on his car that read, “Six Dayz,” in reference to his belief about Genesis. Every conversation I had with him ended up about creation. He once told me that everything you need to know […]
Pastor Dave Monreal, Lead Pastor I have been in ministry for 28 years. I started out in a church that had an average age of 78 in the congregation. There were a few administrators who attended with their families and a couple of residents kids and grandkids, but by and large, the congregation was a sea of grey hair as […]
