Chuck Foreman – Teaching / Missions Pastor

Who is your master? Whose slave are you?
You gotta serve somebody. Will it be God or Money?

Chuck Foreman – Teaching / Missions Pastor

We all want to be part of something big—until the requirements for participation or the terms of agreement no longer suit us.  (more…)

Chuck Foreman – Teaching / Missions Pastor

Are you intentionally generous?

We are close to the heart of God when our first thought is to share our excess with someone in need.  (more…)

Chuck Foreman – Teaching / Missions Pastor

We are in danger of not seeing the truth and missing opportunities to grow if we think we already know it all and are above approach and beyond correction.

If we think we already know it all and are above and beyond correction, or even challenge, we will also become extremely critical and condemning of others who do not do it our way, see it our way and keep all the rules we think they should keep. (more…)

Chuck Foreman – Teaching / Missions Pastor

Left in charge…

All week Jesus has been in the temple courts teaching in parables aimed directly at the leaders of Israel—whom God left in charge of his kingdom/people while they waited for Messiah to come.  (more…)

Chuck Foreman – Teaching / Missions Pastor

Sometimes when it comes to actually, seriously, intentionally following Jesus we’re like the Runaway Bride. We’re excited about the dating, the engagement, the gifts, the fun, the attention—but when it comes to making it all the way down the aisle, to declaring our wedding vows and pledges with a view to a lifetime commitment, we’re not really down for that.

We like what God has to offer—his invitation to the wedding party, or maybe even his invitation to be his bride—as long as it’s on our terms.  (more…)

Chuck Foreman – Teaching / Missions Pastor

Will the Kingdom be taken away from us too, or will we be the people who produce its fruit?  (more…)