Inaugural Prayer for 9/14/2012

The Reverend Robert E. Baxter is the most noble man of God that I have ever known in my life. He is, now into eight decades of living, a very active preacher and pastor and encourager of the saints. He is the Associate Minister, First Presbyterian Continue Reading

Now and Forever: The Inseparable Love of God in Christ in Romans 8:35-39

What are the most transformative words in the world for believers? My friend, John Guest, says that the most powerful words in the world are, "God loves you."[1] I don't disagree. Yet, for many believers who are passing through the storms of life, the Continue Reading

A Now and Forever Faith

<dt > Martin Gommel / Foter    What are the most powerful words in the world for believers? My friend, John Guest, says that the most powerful words in the world are, "God loves you." I don't disagree. Yet, for many believers who are Continue Reading

Why I Will Always be Thankful for the Defense Language Institute

They were the Cold War years of the mid 1970s. The California folk sounds of Neil Young and Dan Fogelberg wafted through the nightspots in Monterey. Progressive rock sounds from bands like Kansas were heard blaring from certain rooms in the Navy barracks. Continue Reading

“I Will Remember…”

Kansas in the early morning on the Lord's Day is nothing short of beautiful (image: "Sunlight Sonata"  Copyright 2009 by Daniel W. Coburn, all rights reserved: see http://kansaslandscapephotos.com/). It was here in this place outside of Kansas City that Continue Reading

Lift High the Cross: The Dedication of the Sanctuary of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Overland Park, Kansas

May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. Galatians 6.14 "It is impossible to plant a church that holds to reverent worship, Gospel expository preaching, the Continue Reading