Dr. Jim Mann Sodom and Gomorrah was a toxic place that almost cost Lot and his family their lives. Genesis 13 tells us greed and anger led him to part ways with his uncle, Abram. Lot’s desire was to live with his family in the fruitful Plains of Jordan. But he was gradually drawn into…
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Religion, February 2020
Pastor’s Corner
Jim Mann “Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.”…
Religion, January 2020
Pastor’s Corner
Jim Mann “See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being I announce them to you.” (Isaiah 42:9) God made that promise to Israel about the coming Messiah. He said, “Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put…
Religion, December 2019
Pastor’s Corner
Jim Mann The Bible is the story of God moving in human history. His greatest interaction with humanity is what we celebrate every Dec. 25. As we prepare our hearts for Christmas, we’ll read again that old, familiar Christmas story. As you read that historical account, what you will see is a description of the…
Religion, November 2019
Pastor’s Corner
Jim Mann Texans old and new tend to greet fall with greater joy than many others around the nation. After the summers we have down here, the cooler temperatures are viewed as a gift from God. I’ve always loved a change in seasons – an amazing aspect of God’s design of the planet. “As long…
Religion, September 2019
Pastor’s Corner
Jim Mann In the book of Judges, a young Samson sees and falls in love with a beautiful Philistine woman. As he tells his parents his intentions to marry her, they argue with him; he should marry a good Jewish girl! After all, wasn’t that God’s command in Exodus 34:15-16? Then the author makes this…
Religion, September 2019
Pastor’s Corner
Jim Mann “After that whole generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation grew up, who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for Israel. Then the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord and served the Baals (Judges 2:10–11).” This topic is interesting and comes up quite frequently these…
Religion, August 2019
Pastor’s Corner
Jim Mann A couple became more and more forgetful, so they began writing themselves notes to help remember. As the husband got up one day to go to the kitchen, his wife asked him to scoop a bowl of ice cream for her. “You may want to write it down,” she said. “Nonsense, I’ll remember.”…
Religion, July 2019
Pastor’s Corner
Jim Mann Johnson & Johnson is a Fortune 500 company worth $360 billion. It is a name known by everyone here at the Ranch. The name has been trusted in the U.S. and abroad for 130 years. But that almost came to an end in 1982. As you may remember, seven people died in…
Religion, June 2019
Pastor’s Corner
Jim Mann In Exodus 1-2 we read the story of the birth of Moses. He happened to be born at a time when the Pharaoh was worried that the Hebrew slaves were growing too numerous. He ordered that Hebrew boys during this time be killed. Two Hebrew midwives, Shiphrah and Puah, defied the king’s orders.…