“Earth’s crammed with heaven,And every common bush afire with God.”These words of Elizabeth Barrett Browning are a reference to the burning bush experience of Moses. You will recall that Moses was tending sheep in the desert of Midian when he noticed a burning bush and approached it curiously. The ordinary suddenly became extraordinary! Here, God spoke to him and called him to return to Egypt and ...  Read More

The highly treasured devotional book STREAMS IN THE DESERT shares a story that I would like to pass along to you. I hope you enjoy it!Many years ago there was a monk who needed olive oil, so he planted an olive tree sapling. After he finished planting it, he prayed, “Lord, my tree needs rain so its tender roots can drink and grow. Send gentle showers.” And the Lord sent gentle showers. Then the mo...  Read More

There is a story I like—I’ll bet it will make you smile… An archaeologist was digging in the Negev Desert in Israel and came upon a sarcophagus containing a mummy. After examining it, he called the curator of a prestigious history museum. The excited archaeologist exclaimed, “I have just discovered a three thousand year old mummy of a man who died of a heart attack!” The curator replied, “Bring hi...  Read More

One of my great privileges in life is to share God’s Word, as your Pastor, on Sundays (Sermons) & Wednesdays (In-depth Bible Study). This gives me great joy! We love God’s Word at FBC Pompano and enjoy these learning opportunities. In addition, we study the Bible, as a Church Family, in small groups on Sundays and other days and nights during the week. We do this because we highly treasure God’s W...  Read More

This past Sunday I shared a message from the Gospel of John on the Story of the Woman at the Well. The most amazing thing about this story is that God used the most unlikely person in the story to bring many people (perhaps hundreds) to a relationship with Jesus. In Jesus’ encounter with the Woman at the Well, He offered her living water so she would never thirst again. She was moved by what he sa...  Read More

Radio commentator, Paul Harvey, told the story of a policeman in a small town who pulled over a teenage girl for speeding, got her license and was about to issue the ticket when she pleaded, “Oh, officer if I get a ticket my mother will kill me.” The officer took a second glance at the girl’s license and said, “I don’t think so.” The teenage girl said, “What makes you think that.” He answered, “Be...  Read More