Witness The New Facebook.

Pastor Tim’s Sunday message about entrusting the Lord with your worries was removed for 2 hours under “spam” suspicion before being restored but look to the right of EBCSV post notification of what a casual fb search found during the same two hours period.

No special activist treatment going on here…
Move along folks, nothing to see…
Are we on notice? Will the Gospel be considered Spam?

Deepest Longings

Psychiatrist Gerald May who died in 2005 once stated: “After 20 years of listening to the yearnings of people’s hearts, I am convinced that Human beings have an inborn desire for God. Whether we are consciously religious or not, this longing is our deepest longing and most precious treasure.” View full article »

God’s Gift

As our lives begin the transition from Thanksgiving to the Christmas season our minds begin to tum to the necessity of gifts and cards. We start compiling lists of those we need to buy for and what we plan to buy for them. We start making trips to the mall and other retailers as well as hunting for deals on line. The last couple of years my Christmas shopping has sure been streamlined by Amazon!

Can you remember some of the best gifts you’ve received in your life? Maybe it was extra special, not so much because of what the gift was as much as because of who gave it to you. Maybe when you were in school you purchased a gift for a “special someone” and you worried and fretted whether they would like it, even receive it from you or maybe mock you for it. View full article »

Give Thanks.

Have you ever wondered about God’s will for your life? In text like this God makes very clear to us what His revealed will for our lives looks like. If we busy ourselves about devoting our energy to the things that He has revealed, He will take care to make sure that the other details of our life fall into place. He directs our steps and guides our feet.

So what is His will? Rejoice all the time- Pray constantly and in every circumstance- View full article »

Worship

But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Yes, the Father wants such people to worship Him. God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” ~ John 4:23-24 (HCSB)

“Above all sing spiritually. Have an eye to God in every word you sing. Aim at pleasing Him more than yourself, or any other creature. View full article »

Simple Wisdom for Common Folk

“There is desirable treasure, and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man squanders it.” Proverbs 21:20

As we probe deeper into this text on giving, I thought I’d remind us of some financial nuggets of truth that we should seek to incorporate into our families lives. So here’s some simple wisdom for common folk. View full article »

Enduring Grace

Salvation is not granted to men as the result of anything they are, or do, or resolve to be, but it is the undeserved gift of heaven.
C.H. Spurgeon

One day in the 17th century a tired and weary sinner stumbled upon a book. Having wrestled much with sin and finding no respite for his guilt, a young John Bunyan found water for his soul. He wrote: View full article »