Author: pjhmail

  • “Don’t Go to Church!”

    Pastor John, I’ve been listening to the Monday morning chat, with different ones’ experiences about going to church reminded me of my experience when the Lord told me not to go to church over 50 years ago.  And…

  • Mercy and Truth update

    Hey everybody.      I omitted an important aspect of the Mercy and Truth message from yesterday:  There MUST be a balance of mercy and truth in our souls; otherwise, we will make…

  • Left to your own thoughts

    John,  This morning, I was in kitchen makes breakfast for Anna and me.  We had the news on, listening to the weather, and a commercial came on about people being alone and…

  • Picking up turtles

    Good morning, A few mornings ago, I took a walk down Preacher Holmes road.  It was a pleasant morning with the sun shining through the canopy of trees.  As I walked along,…

  • Old Testament men having multiple wives

    As I have been reading through the Old Testament books of the Bible, I have realized (not for the first time) that apparently it was commonplace among God’s people for men to…

  • Loving the truth!

    Pastor John, Last Wednesday when Damien was telling his testimony and what Jesus opened (https://youtu.be/h4p69MHkybk?si=BNUxYDpBKs-Xg-qP). When he said Jesus took a seat beside his Father but something else [the Spirit] came out, I felt…

  • Question concerning Genesis 22:1

    Pastor John, What is your take on this?  The Bible calls it Abraham tempted/tested, but my question is was it really a test?  Just the knowledge that God promised Abraham to be…

  • Not of this world

    Pastor John, I was blessed by reading today’s Random Thought this morning (https://goingtojesus.com/gtj_thoughts.html?tname=rdt08-09). The following sentences from it reminded me of an experience I had earlier this week at work.  “According to…

  • Who cares more for the world than the god of it?

    Morning! I don’t think the thought of sin wearying God has ever entered my mind, or at least not into my heart.  But of course it does.  Just look at how much it wearies…

  • Morning Thoughts

    Hi Pastor John, I really enjoyed Damien’s knowledge transfer of what Jesus showed him about the sacrifice on the Day of Atonements. (See related links below.) As I was thinking about some questions…