COVID-19 – God’s Warnings

In situations like we are facing in our world today, we usually are reminded of 2 Chronicles 7. We usually quote verse 14, but I believe we should also include […]

Hidden Thoughts

We are all creatures of our thoughts. Whether we like it or not. Our thoughts spill into our actions. Our thoughts, private though they are, are part of who we […]

Certainty In Uncertain Days

Certainty is in short supply these days. Over the past several weeks, most of our lives have been turned upside down in ways we could not have imagined. Most of […]

Are The Commandments Still Relevant?

In his letter to the Romans, the Apostle Paul compared two ways of being made right, or justified before God: Law and Faith. Those who sought to be justified by […]

Here Comes the Bridegroom

About seventeen years ago, while I was driving down the highway, I was taken by surprise because of what was happening. As I approached an intersection the traffic light began […]

His Will

“We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be […]

Christmas Greetings from Pastor Jake

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! This season closes a year of rehabilitation of my injuries which I had incurred from my accident over a year ago. Once again I […]

Christmas Greetings From Pastor Brian

Merry Christmas Troy Christian Chapel! What a privilege it is to write you these words once again. The Torres family has always loved the Christmas season! It is a time […]

Christmas Greetings from Pastor Jon

In 1864, Emily Elliott penned the words to a hymn that has since become dear to many, especially at Christmas time: “Thou didst leave Thy throne and Thy kingly crown […]

Our Father

Luke tells us that one of the requests the disciples made of Jesus was that he would teach them to pray. In his response, Jesus taught them to address God […]

Christian Discipleship

My article this month is a spin-off of Pastor Brian’s message a few weeks ago, Every Follower is a Fisher. I spent several years of my ministry in a certain […]

Authority

Jesus the troublemaker. Not usually the title we as Christians attribute to our Lord, is it? Today we are finding that when you interject the teachings and mindset of Christ […]

Labor Pains

There’s an awful lot of groaning going on in Romans 8:22-26! Paul says that all of creation has been groaning, as if in the pains of childbirth (v. 22). We […]

It Is Well With My Soul

Those who know me would know at a glance that this is the title of one of my favorite hymns of the church. What also excites me are the stories […]

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus

2017 and 2018 have been very memorable years for the Torres family. Stress and struggle on so many different fronts have come our way. But through it all, God has […]

The Beatitudes Inverted

The present Chapel Chat is an unusual one for me. Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount is one of the most well-known parts of Scripture, and is, for that very reason, […]

Hope

Hope is one of three graces that Paul uses quite frequently in the books of Romans, Corinthians and Thessalonians. These three graces faith, hope and love often appear together making […]

The Spiritual Discipline Of Self-Examination

We live in a time when self-expression is rampant! Online communication has given every individual the opportunity to share their opinion. Blogs, forums, message boards, Twitter, Facebook, etc., etc., etc. […]

Living Water

In his conversation with the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well, Jesus made a bold claim that has echoed through the centuries; an invitation to every human being. He said, “Everyone […]

Christmas Greeting from Pastor Jake

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! This season closes a year of the most significant developments within the history of my life, culminated with the assistance of “The Jaws of […]

Christmas Greeting from Pastor Chad

“He came to his own, yet his own received him not” (John 1:11). The Jews of the first century were a hardened people. Weary from the struggle against sin and […]

Christmas Greeting From Pastor Brian

Merry Christmas TCC Family! What a year 2018 has been! This year has been a very difficult one for Dawn and Isaac and myself. So many changes have come and […]

Christmas Greeting From Pastor Jon

When Luke described the ministry of John the Baptist, he characterized his ministry with a quote from the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the desert, ‘Prepare the […]

Self-Knowledge That Comes From Faith

All of us have a basic human need to understand who we are. When we are young, many of us are inclined to identify ourselves with our hobbies, our schoolwork, […]