Today we will continue our study of M.R.DeHaan’s book, The Chemistry of the Blood. Our focus will be on the sanctity of the blood. In other words, what is the big deal about the blood? Especially, what is the big deal about Jesus' blood? What IS the big deal about Jesus’ blood? Well, for starters, Jesus’ blood is divine blood. Conception by the Holy Ghost was the only way that the virgin birth could be accomplished. The Holy Spirit contributed the blood for Jesus. It is sinle

I apologize for this missive being late. I pray all is well in your world. We will continue our study of the book The Chemistry of the Blood by M.R. DeHaan, M.D. Let me begin today with Acts 17:24-26, this is the Apostle Paul, “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men and women life and breath and e

I pray this finds you all well and good. I am sorry it's a little late, it's been a busy morning at Opportunity House. Last week we left off with our look at the red blood cells and their effect upon the purification process in our bodies. This is mirrored by the purification process that the blood of the Lamb administers to the body of Christ. Today we’ll continue our look at the book The Chemistry of the Blood by M.R. DeHaan. Our focus today will be our white blood cells. T

I am looking forward to seeing each of you this Thursday at our 2Gather 2Gether worship service. I apologize for this missive coming out late today. I switched days with Jim due to a funeral. A couple weeks back we began our look at the book The Chemistry of the Blood by M.R. DeHaan. We began with how life is in the blood. We as humans, need our blood to survive, we need our blood flowing, our bodies need the blood circulating. Last week we looked at how the whole plan of red

Greetings Narrow Gate, Blessings to you all. I pray that it has been a good week for you and yours. Today we will continue on our journey through the book by M.R. DeHaan, The Chemistry of the Blood. We finished last week with the idea that the body of Christ is made one by the blood of Jesus Christ. Today we will begin with a look to all of mankind. Every man and woman who has lived, is living now, or will live in the future are related one to another by the blood of Adam. Th

Greetings everyone, I want to begin by saying a couple of things. First, I miss you all. Second, thank you. I want to thank you each for your loyal and dedicated service over the years to Narrow Gate. While this past year has been difficult for all of us, it was a blessing that Covid shut down our Narrow Gate ministry when it did. Please allow me to explain. After we shut down, in the summer of last year, God began to bless me with some revelation and wisdom from Him. When I

Greetings Narrow Gate, I pray that this message today finds you well. I pray the blessings of the springtime upon you. New beginnings, a fresh start, a clean break from this last year of Covid-19 and the shutdown. Today the Lord has laid upon my heart a heavy message. Heavy meaning a hard message, a difficult message to deliver to friends. But a message that I will deliver dutifully, as per my call. What I see around me today is not pleasing. I see rampant dishonesty, from th

Greetings Narrow Gate, I pray you each are enjoying this spring season. It seems as though we are being given a fresh start after a season of Covid. I pray this new beginning continues. Let me harken back a couple of weeks to Easter. We serve a risen savior. Our God's tomb is empty. We are living at a time in history that is unrivaled for complexities and challenges. It is a good time to be alive and a follower of Jesus Christ. We have a lot to do. Its harvest time. We pick u

Greetings Narrow Gate, I want to wish you all a blessed spring. I know that this sounds odd, but I truly believe that what we all need is a new beginning this year. After the shutdown, the battle with Covid-19, the election, the difficulty in finding any semblance of truth in the public domain, and then all of the personal difficulties we've each encountered over the last year, we all need a fresh start. I know I need a fresh start. Spring is the time for this new beginning.

Greetings Narrow Gate, Happy Easter to you all. Yesterday was a beautiful day wasn't it? I pray that you and your family had a beautiful Easter. I miss seeing you all. It has been a long year between Easter 2020 and this year, has it not? With all that has happened over the last year, some good, much bad, and some just plain crazy, I am here to encourage you today. Jesus is alive and he loves you. We serve a risen savior. Jesus did die on the cross. But then he was resurrecte

Greetings Narrow Gate, I continue to pray for your well being and look forward to when we can meet again in fellowship. This pandemic seems to be slowing. Let's pray that it is. If you can and are able, get vaccinated and move on with what other things God has in store for you. I have been led again to the book of Romans, this time chapter 8:3-9. Then we will finish with 1 John 2:1-2. Again, as I have been saying all through the Lenten season, we'll filter these scriptures to

Greetings Narrow Gate, I pray that you and yours are well. I continue to miss our fellowship and look forward to when we can gather again to praise the Lord. Today we'll continue our look at scriptures that reveal what Easter is all about. We will continue to look at three questions to reveal answers from today's scripture: 1) Why do we need Jesus? Why Jesus? 2) What happened on the cross? What does our passage for today reveal about the cross. 3) Who is Jesus? Our scripture

Greetings Narrow Gate, I miss you all and look forward to when we can meet together again in fellowship. As it looks right now, we won't think of reopening NG until after Easter. Until then, pray, pray some more, read your Bible, and keep in touch with one another. I love you all. We began back around Valentine's Day with some important questions leading up to Easter: 1) Why Jesus? Why do we need Jesus? 2) What happened on the cross? We'll look at the cross from different per

Greetings Narrow Gate, As I write this the impeachment trial is getting under way. Now I understand that there is a great divide down the middle of our country (symbolically, not geographically) and that some are glad and some disappointed. I am rather disgusted by all of this. It's sad to see fencing and barbed wire in the capital. Open borders, fenced in capital, it is a new administration. Interesting when you look at the details of the differences. Pray for our country. O

Greetings Narrow Gate, I pray everyone of you is well and prospering. We had a scare this weekend. My daughter Emma, ran a fever with headaches beginning last Thursday. This meant that Kristi, my wife, and I had to quarantine the whole weekend until we found out Emma's Covid test result. It was negative. Just a regular virus. Those are still around. Just like nurse Laura says, "wash your hands and say your prayers, germs and Jesus are everywhere." We're very thankful for the

Greetings Narrow Gate, I pray that you all are well and avoiding the virus. So far, we have been blessed here at Opportunity House, only one of our guests has tested positive. Get your vaccination shots. The good news vaccine wise: 10% of North Carolina has been vaccinated. That's pretty good. Cabarrus County has done an excellent job so far in organizing this effort. It's easy to complain about government, but this is a time we should brag on our local peeps. Today I want to

Greetings Narrow Gate, Prayerfully, the impeachment trial in the Senate is winding down. I pray you all are safe and receiving your vaccinations. I continue to miss you all. Easter's coming, it's harvest time, and prayerfully, you've found your witness and your voice. So, I'm going to talk about Jesus, if you don't mind. I'll leave the political theatre and entertainment alone. Easter is on the 4th of April this year. I have been led to try to answer a few questions with my s

I pray that each of you is well and Covid free. I am also praying that you are getting vaccines. Keep it up with the vaccines. You have to make the call. They are not going to call you. As we race on into 2021 let us find our voices. Let us testify and keep testifying. Speak a good word about Jesus whenever you can. Let's quit being afraid to testify. If we aren't going to testify during a pandemic, when many are sick and dying, just when are we going to testify? Satan thinks

Greetings Narrow Gate, I miss seeing you all more than you could ever realize. I pray for you to have the fellowship that you seek during this time of change and isolation. Always know that you are never alone nor are you forgotten. My spirit prays for you constantly. I pray that God's Spirit rests upon you. We have people acting funny and wigging out every where. Do not, I repeat do not catch the hysteria. Hysteria and hyperbole go hand in hand. Discern what you hear, and pr

Greetings Narrow Gate, I pray that this missive finds you and yours well. Please know that I pray for you all daily that you may overcome what seems to be a permanently fear-based pandemic culture. Let's all get our shots, when our turn comes, then get on with our lives. What is most interesting for me, as a pastor watching and caring for people, is this: Things seem to be getting crazier and crazier around the world. For the first time in my life, there seems to be no normal