Why I Love My Church!
Literally millions of people in the world can genuinely say, “I love my church!” These people have experienced the blessing of a church family that loves God, exalts Jesus Christ, and shows love and forgiveness to one another. It...
Grand Opening: Valley Forge Biblical Counseling Center
The Collegeville community and the surrounding area have a new friend: Valley Forge Biblical Counseling Center (VFBCC). In existence for more than 15 years as a ministry of Valley Forge Baptist, the VFBCC has expanded its services to m...
Changed
C.H. Spurgeon said, “Every Christian is either a missionary or an imposter.” Many people have read or know about my testimony tract, “Armed and Dangerous.” I have printed 72,000 of them, and a number of people also have print...
More Than Spring Cleaning
Before I had even opened the door and begun walking down the stairs, an awful dread filled my heart. I could ignore the situation no longer—my basement had to be cleaned. With visions of the producers of the infamous show “Hoarders...
Ready for Launch
May of 2013 will be Nineteen years since my high school graduation, and I can honestly say that time has flown by in what seems like the blink of an eye. Since that time I have become a husband and a father, graduated from college and la...
The Blessing of a Mother
She was just a poor little Polish girl of 7 with one brother and four sisters. This little girl’s father was an alcoholic and he was not home much. By the time she was in the 2nd grade, her mother had left the family; shortly thereafte...
3 Steps That Lead to a Healthy Relationship
A healthy marriage is one in which you go through the stages of self-discovery and learn to identify your healthy and less-than-healthy expectations. Then you choose to take personal responsibility for your actions and reactions. Finally...
What Saved Our Marriage
Sherwood and I met when we attended the same high school. We never graduated with our classmates; we quit high school to get married. I turned 17 in August and we were married in September. In February we had Chip, our first child. That ...
An Eternal Home
The evening prior to my grandfather’s open-heart surgery, I sat at the foot of his hospital bed as he recounted the exchange he had had with his surgeon. “The doctor told me I might not live through the surgery tomorrow,” my grand...
5 Things Your Pastor Shouldn’t Tell You
GOOD WORKS GET YOU INTO HEAVEN This is one of the most common misconceptions in religion today. So many people believe that if they are good enough – if their good outweighs their bad – they will be allowed into heaven. This is simply no...
Tips for Teens
Ah, the teenage years. I feel like it was just yesterday that I embarked on those never-forget years of being a teenager. There were many memories made during my teen years: high school, heading off to college, first time to Disney World...
The Most Basic Needs of Teens
Most likely you or someone you know has had to deal with a distressed teenager at some time or another. Let’s face it; our American culture has taken its toll on the emotional health and well-being of our teens. They face pressures tod...