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Ryan serves as the Lead Pastor of Green Pond Bible Chapel in Rockaway, New Jersey. He is married with four children.

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  • Wedding Bells for Jesus?

    Many of you may have seen the recent news about a Coptic manuscript possibly dating to the 2nd century that mention’s Jesus’ wife.  What is going on? You might want to hold off on bringing wedding presents to church on Sunday.  Here’s my summary and crash course on the finding: A mysterious owner has produced…

  • Sweetness for the Bitter Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.  Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians. 4:31-32 We don’t hold on to wrongs for days, we hold on to wrongs for…

  • The Kingdom in Reverse In the next few weeks we are arriving at the major turning point of the gospel of Mark.  While Jesus has faced opposition from the religious authorities, the populace has seemingly embraced his ministry enthusiastically.  Both Jews and Gentiles have experienced healings, exorcisms, and gathered en masse to see, hear, and…

  • Eternity and the Endless Communication of God’s Glory Forgive me for two posts in one day.  This is from “The End for Which God Created the World” by Jonathan Edwards.  I wrestled with it again today in my study of Exodus 7:5- The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out…

  • A Real Banquet And they all ate and were satisfied. Mark 6:42   It doesn’t take long to be involved in a church to realize that any church event must be accompanied by food.  The old McDonald’s slogan “food, folks, and fun” was often applied to church life.  There is nothing wrong with eating at church…