Canyon Bible Fellowship

06/02/2026

Our weekly devotional:

One of my all-time favorite movies is "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." As the film reaches its climax, Indiana must face three tests: "The Breath of God - 'Only the penitent man will pass'"; "The Word of God - 'He who walks in the footsteps of God'"; and "The Path of God - 'Only in a leap from....

05/20/2026

Weekly Devotional:

Watching the news recently, we witnessed yet another reason to believe wickedness seems to be increasing. Saturday, April 25, at the White House Correspondents Dinner, a man breached security with the apparent intent of shooting high ranking members of the current administration. In the process, a S...

05/13/2026

Our Weekly Devotional:

Back in 2019, not long after being called to be the pastor at Canyon Bible Fellowship, I received orders to deploy to Qatar with a battalion from the Oregon Army National Guard. In addition to taking me away from our church, this deployment meant that my wife, Karen, and I would be spending our tent...

05/05/2026

Our Weekly Devotional:

Social media can at times seem like a combat zone, and I have a tendency to add to the fury by posting a statement or question which can generate some heated debate. A few weeks ago, I posted this comment, which at the time I didn't think was very controversial: "Every Christian must be an active me...

04/28/2026

Our Weekly Devotional:

In 1510, a young Augustinian monk arrived in the city of Rome for the first time after a journey of roughly 800 miles. A lawyer by training, he had hoped that his pilgrimage might somehow bring peace to a mind long troubled by the weight of his own soul. Penance, he had been told, was the way to dea...

04/21/2026

Weekly Devotional:

It's hard to read the news these days without getting the impression that wickedness and hostility seem to be the dominant themes in the world. It's hard to look away from what's going on, a bit like not wanting to seeing a car wreck but not being able to take your eyes off of it. One of the frequen...

04/14/2026

Our Weekly Devotional:

This past Sunday, I returned to my sermon series through the Gospel of Mark, picking up with a story that is very familiar: Jesus walking on the water. The disciples have just witnessed Jesus feeding 5,000 men, not including women and children, and now He sends them off across the Sea of Galilee. Wh...

04/07/2026

Our Weekly Devotional:

I'm sure most if not all of you by now have been following the story of the rescue of the downed American weapons systems officer (WSO) over the weekend. According to news reports, an F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down over SW Iran on Friday, leading to the pilot and WSO ejecting. The pilot was extrac...

03/31/2026

Holy Week devotional:

Welcome to the time of year we often refer to as "Holy Week." As I've been preaching my way through the Gospel of Mark, one of the things I've encouraged the congregation to do from time to time is to put themselves in the sandals of those who were living at the time Jesus walked the earth. This par...

03/31/2026