Webster’s defines “integrity” as follows: firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : the quality or state of being complete or undivided. This certainly describes Mordecai. His family had come to Persia as slaves, captives of Jerusalem’s last stand against the Babylonians. Yet even in enemy territory Mordecai succeeded in business….

Acts 2:41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. When one accepts the gospel of Jesus Christ, the fact that you are a sinner separated from God and that only through Christ can you be reconciled. When one is immersed into His name for…

Isaiah 58:6 “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? The book of Isaiah begins in chapter 1 by exposing false religion that had the right form and ritual, but no true sincerity….

This weekend some of our members, including myself, will be traveling to Lubbock to see one of our former youth who plays for Tech as they take on TCU. Mark Johnson will be preaching this Sunday and he will bring an excellent message from God’s Word. Lord willing we will return safely sometime Sunday afternoon….

Habakkuk 2:4 …the righteous person will live by his faithfulness. Has any brief slogan made a bigger impact than this one? For Habakkuk, this meant that righteous people must patiently trust God during difficult times. The idea of trusting God even when everything seems to be going wrong is expanded in the New Testament. Habakkuk…

Habakkuk 3:18-19 yet I will rejoice in the Lord,I will be joyful in God my Savior. 19 The Sovereign Lord is my strength;he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,he enables me to tread on the heights. Have you ever wanted to ask God, “If you’re in control, why does evil so often seem…

The construction on Swallow is complete and the main entrance to our parking lot is now open! We have installed a new handrail on the west side of the building. This Wednesday we will begin a study on the Book of Esther with our teens. Our Sunday morning adult Bible Study continues through Isaiah. This…

The parking lot entrance on the east side of the church building is temporarily inaccessible due to road construction on Swallow. Visitors can enter the parking lot on the west side. From Hwy 82 turn north in front of Allsups and go to the stop sign at Burros Street. Turn right onto Burro Street. Head…

Exodus 23:2 Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. If the number one problem of mankind throughout time is not listening to God then a very close second is “following the crowd”. Throughout history the “majority” or the “perceived” majority has often been wrong. Many times those that have chosen to follow the crowd…