Life Out of Death

We will celebrate Easter on April 17, and ponder again the wonder of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. I am often struck by the words of the writer […]

Lordship

Greeting Troy Christian Chapel! I’ve been thinking about lordship often lately. Looking back over my life, even in the 33 years of following Jesus—I can see that so much of […]

Repentance

Repentance is absolutely necessary, and is indispensable to salvation. Whenever this subject it taught or preached, it brings forth fruit. Faith in Christ is the goal of teaching and preaching, […]

Preparing For The Future

The turn of the year is a time for making plans. We take stock of the year that has passed, and we make commitments and establish goals for the year […]

Christmas Greetings 2021 from Pastor Jon

Greetings on behalf of the Enright family! As each year passes and Christmas increasingly becomes a celebration of lights and warm feelings, we are reminded with new awe of the […]

Christmas Greetings 2021 from Pastor Brian

Merry Christmas beloved! Year after year when this season comes around again, I am reminded of how blessed my family is to call this body of believers our home. You […]

Christmas Greetings 2021 from Pastor Jake

You may ask the question, “What is the meaning of Christmas?” The late John F. Kennedy said, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what can you […]

The Test of Fruit

Galatians 5:13-26 “For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole […]

The Mind of Christ

Have you ever thought about the nature of God or the attributes of Jesus Christ and tried to compare them with us? As ridiculous as this may sound, there is […]

Growing Up

In Prince Caspian, the second of his classic “Chronicles of Narnia” books, C.S. Lewis describes a meeting between Lucy (the youngest of the children who are the main characters in […]

Holy Love

“For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is […]

I’m Special

I’m special. In all the world there’s nobody like me. Since the beginning of time there has never been another person like me. Nobody has my smile, nobody has my […]

When Avenues Become Obstacles

We recently studied the account of Jesus cleansing the temple from John’s gospel (Jn. 2:13-22). John tells us that the temple was being used as a marketplace, to sell livestock […]

Love Each Other As Jesus Has Loved Us

Matthew 20:25 But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. […]

The Gift of Helps

The late President John F Kennedy, in one of his best-noted addresses to the people of the United States of America, said, “Ask not what my country can do for […]

THE Good Fight

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, […]

Meditations of a New Grandfather

On December 7, the Enright family received a miraculous Christmas gift, by the name of Rowan Dailey Enright. He weighed 8lbs., 9oz., and in the four weeks since, he has […]

Resolutions or Commitments

Another year has come and gone and many of the aspirations we had have fallen short. We just did not get the job done, so to speak. Often at the […]

John 4:27-36

Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?” […]

Parables

To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a […]

The God Who Sees Us

In my mind, one of the most moving descriptions in Scripture of the character of God is provided by Hagar, the Egyptian slave of Sarah. Hagar had been so mistreated […]

What Does Lordship Mean?

When I served as Assistant Pastor in Spencerport, New York, there was this one teenage boy who picked up an annoying little habit that he found amusing. Whenever someone would […]

Love

When we think about love, it is good to consider what love is. As complex as we think it is, love is very simple. God is love. While we were […]

Remember To Remember

The book of Deuteronomy is a record of the final words of Moses to the people of Israel. For forty years he had led them, first out of Egypt, then […]