Bishop Robert 
Leadership — whether in a family, a church or a business — is truly about love. One cannot lead well unless one can truly love well. Despots and tyrants may be in charge, but that is not true leadership. If fear is the basis of your control you are not leading. Jesus exemplifies the character … Read more
Nobody likes pollution; not of any sort. We prefer clean and fresh. New and unused. In fact, there are some situations where we automatically assume that what we buy or use is pure and clean. There are even situations where the law requires it! When you pop out to your local fast food joint for … Read more
Queen (the British rock band of the 1970’s, not the British monarch) asked the question, “Who wants to live forever?” There’s a few things they got right, too. In their song they sang that, “This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us.” That’s true. We’re only here on earth for a flicker, … Read more
Whenever someone has told me that something that is about to happen is for my own good, it hasn’t often SEEMED to be good. Spankings I received from my parents as a child come to mind most readily. Ouch !!! Of course, I’m pretty sure that not everything that was presented to me as for … Read more
This morning I’m going to unpack a little bit of the importance of how the three streams of faith… The evangelical, the Sacramental, and the Pentecostal… ALL WORK TOGETHER. They work together because they reflect the character and nature of God. So how is it that we receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon … Read more
Last month I wrote a devotional called FIGHTING NAKED. ( If you missed it, you can read it at www.ceec.church/210716 ) My point was as simple as could be – DON’T !!! But there’s a big difference between battle armor and our normal clothing. Frankly, though putting on the full armor of God is critical, … Read more
The previous lives of the children of light form a list of disgusting attributes. Sexually immoral folk who took unfair advantage of the weak. People who made idols out of anything they loved; from jobs, to riches, to physical pleasures, to 1001 other things. Adulterers who abandoned their marriage vows, and often their families. Men … Read more
Last night I was reminded again why I love the CEEC.CHURCH so much. There is NO ONE like our people! OK, I understand that there are probably many leaders who feel exactly that way about THEIR people, too. And that is as it should be. As the folks at Life.Church have said so well – … Read more
This morning I want to speak with you about a goal worth living for. To do that, I want us to listen in on the Apostle Paul. After Paul’s release from prison in Rome, he was again imprisoned under Nero about five years later. It was during this time that he wrote 2 Timothy, his final … Read more
