Author name: Steve Negley

7 “Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. 2 For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you […]

We don’t always do it, but we should from time to time; stopping to smell the roses, that is. We get busy making the money we think we need to

I miss Dr. Fred Lenfesty. Dr. Lenfesty was a member of our congregation for decades. He taught the Harriett Thompson Sunday School class for over 20 years. He served on boards and committees in our church. He faithfully attended our early worship service up until just a few months before his death. And Fred always had something worthwhile to add to any conversation.

16 “And whenever you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so as to show others that they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they

In the part of the Sermon on the Mount that we find recorded in Matthew’s gospel chapter 6, verses 7-14, we have delivered to us The Lord’s Prayer. Disciples young

Jesus said: “Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 “So whenever you

17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven

“You are the light of the world …. Let your light shine before others so that they may see your good works, and give glory to your Father in heaven”

Matthew and Luke tell us the story of a time when Jesus was surrounded by his disciples and others on the hillside, and he taught them so many things about

There’s a huge market in our modern world for “protective services”. I see the yard signs and hear the commercials daily for the alarm companies here in the good ‘ole