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By Pastor Bob DeKlavon One of my standard lines when it comes to construction projects goes like this: “When it comes to building...

By Pastor Bob DeKlavon Years ago, my wife and I went to a theme park where a mime performed. The mime’s job was to provide entertainment...

By Pastor Bob DeKlavon Years ago, I heard a story about a prophet who kept prophesying against the sins of a city. One day, a boy came to...

By Pastor Bob DeKlavon For the last two days, I have focused on a passage of scripture I first saw when I was 14. My father had died, and...

By Pastor Bob DeKlavon Yesterday, I wrote about the death of my father and the card someone sent with scripture included. The passage is...

By Pastor Bob DeKlavon On March 23, I shared about my father dying when I was 14. That blog was about grieving and the fact that...

By Pastor Bob DeKlavon Often, I have thought of the basketball player who replaced Michael Jordan. Can you imagine—trying to take the...

By Pastor Bob DeKlavon If you are a parent or grandparent who has watched Veggietales—than you have seen the title before. The premise of...

By Pastor Bob DeKlavon As a Bible College Student, I read the following about a minister of a large church. He had found a unique way of...

By Pastor Bob DeKlavon On several occasions, I have referred to a Bible teacher I sat under during my teenage years. He had a great way...

By Pastor Bob DeKlavon James Dobson wrote about preparing for adolescence. Think about it—can anything really prepare a parent for...

By Pastor Bob DeKlavon In some cultures—people save their best jokes for the Monday after Resurrection Sunday. The thought behind this is...

By Pastor Bob DeKlavon For several years. at our church in Fort Myers—we did a Christmas Eve service. We had a young church with lots of...

By Pastor Bob DeKlavon I am writing this at a little after 5pm on Good Friday. Each year, I go through this day in my mind thinking about...

By Pastor Bob DeKlavon Many years ago, I had a father in my church concerned for his young adult daughter. She had strayed from the Lord...

By Pastor Bob DeKlavon One of the hardest things I have done as a pastor was trying to explain God’s role in 9/11. A man in our church...

By Pastor Bob DeKlavon That is the question that strikes us every time a major disaster occurs. “Where is God?” Ironically, those who do...

By Pastor Bob DeKlavon Someone stopped into the building today to drop something off. It was so good to actually see someone that we...

By Pastor Bob DeKlavon What if you knew—absolutely KNEW—that God had called you for some great purpose? What if you knew—absolutely...

Today, I want to start with a verse of Scripture which provides the foundation for the rest. In 1 John 2:3, John writes: “And by this we...