George Barlow

This coming Sunday is Easter.  We will be celebrating an event that happened more than 2000 years ago.  Christ foretold his death, burial and resurrection again and again.  Jesus said, “The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again” (Luke 24:7). […]

As a young boy in Indiana playing sports of all kinds, I really felt significant.  I felt important when people cheered me on.  I felt significant when I won awards and was recognized for my talent and abilities.  My mom has always been my biggest cheerleader and still is a big encouragement to this day

When you look around in the city of Austin, we see our public works department fully engaged with our streets, bridges, right-of-ways, sidewalks, guardrails, and highway infrastructure.  It looks like to me that we are trying to play catch up with the growth we are now experiencing. Because of the explosive growth coupled with the

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God not by works, so that no one can boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9). While we are saved by God’s goodness and grace, it takes faith on our part in order for his grace to

God is good all the time!  All the time God is good!  I believe God is better than good.  Sometimes we might not always see God’s goodness, but we don’t have to look too far to see how good he really is. Since the beginning of time we see God’s goodness.  In Genesis chapter 1

When growing up and going to church we had our “Sunday clothes” and our “everyday clothes.”  My Mom would have my brother, sister and myself dressed to impress.  Some call it their “Sunday’s best,” However, Monday through Saturday we wore our “everyday clothes.” Some people have a “Sunday religion” and an “Everyday religion.”  They merely

This past weekend our church family was blessed to have Rex Boyles in our mist.  He held a workshop on Friday evening and all day Saturday.  He then finished with a great lesson from God’s Word on Sunday morning.  He shared with us the good news that Jesus can! Rex explained that Jesus has the

Peter an apostle of Jesus Christ wrote in his epistle from Rome to the churches located in Pontus, Galatia, Cappodocia, Asia, and Bithynia, “But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy” (1 Peter 1:15-16). In our lesson

CNN Weather Center covered the massive snow storm on the East coast over the past few days and posted an article titled, “Will it come?  How much snow will come?”   An editor asked, “Are you preparing for the storm, or are you already snowed in?” I watched as people flooded the grocery stores and emptied

I don’t know how many of you are paying any attention to the 2016 presidential race to the Whitehouse.  A Washington Post opinion writer made a comment on the CNN network about a presidential hopeful.  She said, “I found something rather astonishing.  She heard one of them say, “It’s time for the body of Christ