Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family, As Lin and I read Psalm 118 this morning, I was caught by the closeness the psalmist felt to God. A repeated phrase is “His mercy endures forever” and more than once it reads “He has become my salvation.” Oh may my thoughts be focused on God this day. May I…
Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family, Every year at this time I am struck by the power of the last sentence of Matthew 1: “And he called His name Jesus.“First, it was a human and he a common man who gave Jesus the name He was called on this earth and that name continues to be praised. Jesus. Joseph…
Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family, “Unto us a Child is born. Unto us a Son is given.” Have you ever considered who the “us” is in Isaiah 9:6? In context, the message is to Israel and speaks to the reign of their promised Messiah. Mary was told by Gabriel that her miracle Son would be sit upon the…
Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family, This morning in Bible class we came to the place of Balaam’s prophecy concerning Chris in Numbers 24:17-19 “I see Him, but not now;I behold Him, but not near; A Star shall come out of Jacob; A Scepter shall rise out of Israel, and batter the brow of Moab, and destroy all the sons of…
Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family, Nahum 1:7 “The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him.” As I texted my sympathy to Pastor Matt G because of his dad’s likely soon home-going, he responded “Nahum 1:7.” I looked it up. In the middle of this little book which is…
