Category: by Mike Evans

Dear Friends, For much of my life I thought I understood how much God loved me. My relationship with God was comfortable and safe. I called on Him when I needed something, He didn’t put too many demands on me and I did those things I felt were required to stay on His good side. […]

Dear Friends, Do you know Jesus as a person or a painting? Is he a perfectly carved, crafted statue with a beatific smile on his face or does he have flesh and blood that sweats, smells bad and bleeds when he cuts himself. Does your Jesus stub his toe; accidentally hit his thumb with his […]

Dear Friends, Recently I was sitting with a young man who was questioning his relationship with God. He had fallen into that trap that many of us fall into in that we feel our value is based on what we do, not who we are. So, we feel that we must constantly be doing something […]

Dear Friends, I believe most of us would agree that we live in uncertain times. The economy is out of control, our President got us involved in a war we did not want. Gas prices, food and rent are so costly it is difficult for many of our citizens to afford them. The dream of […]

Dear Friends, This last Sunday I was sitting in church and the Pastor gave this message that caught my attention and inspired me. It was the story of Caleb in the Old Testament. He and Joshua and ten others were sent into the promised land to spy it out. When they returned to report ten […]