On Being Gospel Centered     

Being Gospel centered is all the rage in evangelical circles, which in my judgment is a good thing, though often misunderstood in its application.  So what does it look like to be a Gospel centered person?  If I center my life on the good news of Christ’s death for my […]

The Vision of SMPC   

A vision is a clear and challenging picture of the future of a ministry as its leadership believes it can and must be.  Let’s unpack this definition in order to better understand it.

A vision must be clear. A vision is like a guiding star. People need to […]

Confessing Your Sins

“This is the message we have heard from Him and proclaim to  you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.  If we say  we have fellowship with Him while we walk in darkness, we lie  and do not practice the truth.  But if we walk in the light, as He […]

The Sovereignty of God

If we examine the Bible we see that it clearly teaches that God is sovereign.  God is a great King and He rules in and over all that He has made.  God has foreordained all that comes to pass.  Everything that comes to pass is according to God’s decree.  And all […]

The elders of Spring Meadows have decided to have the Lord’s Supper every Sunday.  We believe the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper is a means of grace, as much as the Word of God and prayer.  We don’t worship, pray and preach the word twice a month but every Lord’s Day.  The Session believes that […]

Losing the Gospel

The heartbeat of the Apostle Paul was the Gospel of grace.  Whenever he sensed that the Gospel was being domesticated, tamed, diluted, distorted, lost or perverted his passions were aroused.  A case in point is the letter to the Galatians.  Some have said Galatians is a ticked-off version of Romans.  In Galatians 1:6 Paul says, […]

Creating a Gospel Culture       

One of the core values of SMPC is to create a Gospel culture.  The purpose of this article is to clarify what a Gospel culture is, what a Gospel culture looks like, and how a Gospel culture can be created.

To begin, let’s see what it means to be faithful […]