Pastor Aaron Anderson

The Sign of Jonah Have you ever felt like you were back at Square One? You tried to run, you tried to take a shortcut, and yet you found yourself right back where the "No" first started. In Jonah 1:1-3, we see a prophet who didn't just want to skip a mission; he wanted to exit God’s jurisdiction entirely. God said "Go East" to Nineveh (modern-day Iraq), but Jonah went as far West as the known world allowed—Tarshish (Spain). The Divine Strategy in the Detour We often view Jonah’s rebellion as...

In Matthew chapter 22 we learned that we are to love God and to love people. As we explored the concept of forgiveness and healing. The effects and residue that sin creates in our lives we have learned a deeper and more profound way to love people. This also is a way to be loved and to truly love people we must experience being loved so that we can fully love people. Proverbs talks about iron sharpening iron and how one can sharpen the countenance of another. The interaction and the...

Have you ever noticed that we often only talk to God when we need something? It’s a common human tendency to treat the Creator like a cosmic vending machine insert prayer, receive blessing. But what if the real goal isn’t the blessing itself, but the Source? In Psalm 37:4, we are given a profound promise: "Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of your heart." For a long time, I looked at that verse as a transactional formula. If I "delight" enough, I get what I...