Lubbock Adventist News

It is a very real joy to welcome Pastor Samuel Garbi and his wife Connie to the Lubbock Church today. Pastor Garbi will share a sermon study during our worship service and then, this afternoon, he and Connie will visit with the Church Board to get better acquainted....

There are times in our lives when we experience the Presence of Jesus in really profound ways. At other times we may wonder where He is and what He is up to in our lives. There are times when we are blessed to experience Him privately and there are times when we share...

Last Sabbath I was pleased to introduce you to Pastor Eric Chavez and his wife, Shanna. As I indicated during that introduction, Pastor Chavez has agreed to share a sermon message with the Lubbock Church family on the final two Sabbaths of June as Kathie and I are...

The story of Saul’s conversion, and his call by Jesus to be the special apostle to the Gentiles, had barely been told before there were yet additional situations in which the Holy Spirit was being manifest through the apostles. It was an amazing reality that these...

In the words of the apostle John as recorded in the second verse of his third letter we read: “Dear Friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.” Scripture makes many references to the...

In our sermon study last week we unpacked the amazing story of the conversion that was experienced by the young Pharisee named Saul as it is recorded in Acts 9. In this story we find the dramatic contrasts in the life of someone before they met Jesus compared to their...

Our last sermon-study concluded with the religious rulers exploding into a rage, ‘furiously gnashing their teeth’ as Stephen wrapped up his speech. Once again, the spotlight shone brightly on them as the ones who had killed the Messiah. Their anger was so great that...

As we move further into the book of Acts we discover the stories and the descriptions of the apostles’ ministry read very much like what we might imagine as the script of a documentary. Their mission is clear, yet it was not fully defined, it is challenging yet...

There’s a story of a young boy who went to the park with his older brother one day. As the boy began to explore the wonderful playground features, he found himself fairly running from one thing to the next. After a while the boy began to wonder where his brother was,...

As we have begun our journey into the activities of the early church, and the leaders Jesus left to carry on His mission, it has been interesting to examine the process they followed and the actions they took. To begin as a very unsettled group of men and women who...