I have so loved the beginning of our ministry with Gateway — 3 weeks in, but 3 weeks strong. Only more to come! Erica and I, (Elijah, too) love the highly relational atmosphere, the true family dynamic, where people get to belong. The number of tangibles that Gateway has to...

Elder, David “Doc” Kenser, gives us a daily reflection and devotion.   When one says that something smells good, that is not altogether true.  The truth is that while it may smell good to that individual, it may smell awful to someone else.  If it were true that things smelled...

Elder, David “Doc” Kenser, gives a daily reflection and devotion.   In our Wednesday night study of the Holy Spirit, utilizing the Francis Chan book, The Fogotten God, we discussed what distinguished a spirit-filled person from one who wears not.  Based on a reading of Galatians 5:22-23, “But the fruit...

Elder, David “Doc” Kenser, shares a daily devotion and reflection.   When people make a selfish choice, often destructive or ill advised, they often say something like, “It’s my life, I can do what I want!”  In a land built on the notion of “life, liberty and the pursuit of...

Elder, David “Doc” Kenser, gives us a daily reflection and devotion.   The Bible assures us that “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he...

Elder, David “Doc” Kenser, gives us a daily reflection and devotion.   When proposed an idea that just doesn’t resonate, a generational response might be “As if!”  As if I would even consider that a possibility or would possibly consider it.  There are some things that are so incongruent with...

Elder, David “Doc” Kenser, leaves us with a daily devotion and reflection! Having inherited the prisoner Paul of Tarsus from the previous governor, Felix, governor Festus heard his case and asked the apostle if he would agree to go to Jerusalem to face his accusers.  Paul, not trusting the Jews,...

Elder, David “Doc” Kenser, provides us with a daily devotion and reflection.   In the apostle Paul’s farewell address to the Ephesians elder, the very last recorded words were a quote from Jesus Christ in which he said, “‘It is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35).  Interesting...

Elder, David “Doc” Kenser gives us a daily reflection and devotion. The apostle Paul and company had been traveling through Asia Minor, preaching as they went.  They came to the border of Mysia and intended to stop in the city of Bithnyia to share the Gospel but were prevented from...

Elder, Dr. David “Doc” Kenser, gives us a daily reflection and devotion. In reading from the Book of Acts this morning, I came across this reflection on King David, “Now when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his ancestors and...