Pastor Rich Sivo 7 days ago 4 min An Interesting Coincidence? Since July I have been preaching on Sunday evenings in the book of Isaiah. Since August for our Wednesday morning Bible study, I have bee...
Pastor Rich Sivo Jan 8 4 min A Fascinating Thought Back in the late 80s, I was pastoring 2 churches in Western Pennsylvania. During that time there were a number of bombings at abortion cl...
Pastor Rich Sivo Jan 1 3 min Entering 2021 As we prepare to enter a new year, there has probably never been a year so filled with as much uncertainty as 2021. Generally, on New Yea...
Pastor Rich Sivo Dec 18, 2020 3 min A Christmas Greeting! Shortly after finishing my blog today, I will be going over to Edison to pick up my mother who will hopefully be staying with us till New...
Pastor Rich Sivo Dec 11, 2020 5 min A Faith Journey Two months ago I was revisited by a long-dormant health problem in my life. Way back in 2007 I was diagnosed with a medical condition cal...
Pastor Rich Sivo Dec 4, 2020 3 min Have You Not Heard? One of my favorite chapters in the Old Testament is Isaiah 40. In fact, in our Sunday evening services, I’ve been preaching through this ...
Pastor Rich Sivo Nov 20, 2020 4 min Still Reasons for Giving Thanks! As we approach what will likely be our strangest Thanksgiving, I would like to make an argument for being thankful. When we look at all t...
Pastor Rich Sivo Nov 13, 2020 5 min Confronting Hypocrisy! Last week we began looking at the passage in Galatians where Paul confronts Peter for his hypocrisy. That hypocrisy centered around Peter...
Pastor Rich Sivo Nov 6, 2020 4 min The Great Divide As I blog this week (Thursday afternoon) the presidential election is still hanging in the balance. With a near completely divided electo...
Pastor Rich Sivo Oct 23, 2020 4 min Peter's Enlightenment! Last week in our blog we began to look at the response of the religious leadership in Jerusalem to Peter’s decision to go to Caesarea and...
Pastor Rich Sivo Oct 16, 2020 5 min Keep Chopping Away! When I was pastoring in central Michigan, I was very involved with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Through my involvement with FCA,...
Pastor Rich Sivo Oct 9, 2020 3 min An Upright Stand! Two weeks ago, in our blog, we were considering the Holy Spirit being poured out on Gentile believers of the Lord Jesus Christ. We saw in...
Pastor Rich Sivo Oct 2, 2020 3 min A Precious Gift I thought I would take a week off from our study of God’s work in changing Peter’s heart and changing the history of the church, so I can...
Pastor Rich Sivo Sep 25, 2020 4 min Completing God's Plan! The meeting of Cornelius and Peter was really part of God’s plan to broaden the perspective of those to whom Peter was to bring the gospe...
Pastor Rich Sivo Sep 18, 2020 4 min Unchartered Territory! We have been looking at God’s transforming power to change Peter’s heart and prejudice against Gentiles in the last few blogs. We have se...
Pastor Rich Sivo Sep 11, 2020 4 min Overcoming Natural Prejudice! Last week in our blog we were with Peter in Joppa when he had a vision concerning a sheet with lots of unclean food on it. Peter refused ...