FROM PASTOR TIM: I cannot begin to express how grateful I am for our Elders. This past Sunday John McCully took the pulpit with less than 24 hours of notice due to my sickness and did a wonderful job, absolutely…
SUNDAY LEFTOVERS
BRAGGING ON GOD- REPRISE
FROM PASTOR TIM: Charles Spurgeon, perhaps the greatest preacher of the Gospel to have ever preached in the Western world told his congregation in London that it was important for him to preach in other churches from time to time.…
CREATED TO GLORIFY GOD
FROM PASTOR TIM: After Sunday’s sermon reminding us that “it’s not about you”, but is all about Jesus, one visitor thanked me for preaching that difficult message in our culture and reminded me of Isaiah 43:7. I wish I had…
WELL DONE GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT
FROM PASTOR TIM: As you all know by now, last Sunday, October 7th, the Lord called home one of his choice servants, Dr. Bill Pruett. This past Friday evening we had a lovely visitation at Rock Valley Chapel that was…
DON’T CHANGE THE RECIPE!
FROM PASTOR TIM: I hope that all of us were challenged on Sunday to prayerfully consider inviting “tax collectors, sinners and Pharisees” over to your home for a meal and seek an opportunity both to put Christ on display and…
AGONIZING FOR THE GOSPEL
FROM PASTOR TIM: Thank you all for your meaningful feedback from Sunday’s message. Many were encouraged, reminded and convicted of the truth that enduring in faith will not be easy over the course of our lifetime. It was not meant…
OVER THE MOON FOR JESUS
FROM PASTOR TIM: Thanks to all for your active and meaningful feedback after Sunday’s message on how to find true contentment. It begins by casting a vision for your life where contentment in God is the primary prism through which…
GOING TO CHURCH WITH YOUR BOSS
From Pastor Tim: This past Sunday’s message on 1 Timothy 6:1-2 could be a paradigm shifting encounter for some of us, it was for me. I am quick to rebel, flee or fight when I feel that those in authority…
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH THE ELDERS AT RVC
From Pastor Tim: Healthy Elders are better positioned to produce healthy churches. As I mentioned during Sunday’s sermon, everything rises and falls on leadership. This is the time- tested truth that many leadership gurus advocate, such as John Maxwell. And…
GOD IS A GOD OF ORDER
From Pastor Tim: After Sunday’s message, two saints, independent of each other, commented on how important it is for us to see through Scripture that God is a God of order. God introduces boundaries for the church, and for our…
