I Was raised in Flagstaff, Arizona, 82 miles from the Grand Canyon. Nothing compares to the Grand Canyon! I have been to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon dozens of times in my life, but never to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.

     Many people might be thinking, "I didn't know there was a North Rim to the Grand Canyon." If you have a canyon running East and West and there is a South rim to that canyon, there has to be a North rim to that canyon. that makes sense to me!

     The narrowest part of the Grand Canyon is 10 miles wide, with the largest distance across being 18 miles wide. No one has ever constructed a ten mile long bridge! So, to get to the North rim of the Grand Canyon you have to drive  on US 89 North, and then on US 89A North for 196.8 miles to get to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.

     The Grand Canyon is known as the third largest Canyon on earth. But the largest canyon on earth is not physical. I call it Sin Canyon! Romans 3:23 defines Sin Canyon, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." (NIV) Sin forces a canyon between God and man.

     There is a bridge across the world's largest canyon, Sin Canyon! 2 Timothy 2:5, "For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus." (NIV) Jesus is the mediator between God on one side of Sin Canyon and mankind of the other side of Sin Canyon.

     How diid Jesus become the bridge across Sin Canyon? 2 Timothy 2:6A, "Who gave himself a ransom for all people." (NIV) He died on a bloody cross to pay the ransom to free us from our sin, becoming the bridge over Sin Canyon to get mankind and God back together in a relationship that lasts forever in God's heaven. 

     It there was a 10-mile-long bridge across the Grand Canyon, I aim not sure I woulds trust it! It would seem hard to trust a man made bridge that spanned 10 miles over the Grand Canyon. The bridge over Sin Canyon is God built and based on Jesus' sacrifice on the cross!

     The bridge over Sin Canyon is a God thing and it is totally trustworthy! Trust Jesus and cross the Sin Canyon Bridge and be headed for a power relationship with God, along with being headed for His heaven. 

Bless You, Tom West, Minister

     Our worship service for this coming Sunday, February 2, 2025 will include a message from Ephesians 6:1-4, titled Parent Child Relations. This message will be the third to last message from Ephesians, then we will study some selected passages from the Psalms. I hope you will join us for these services.

     Each Sunday at 9:00 am we have our table class in rooms 3 and 4. We meet around tables for fellowship and prayer after I teach a 30 minute lesson from the book of Acts. I hope you won't miss this great opportunity for fellowship and some good bible teaching from the very important book of Acts. 

     Please call on me any time I can serve you, and always feel free to call my cell number, 602.758.1168!

Big Blessings, Tom West

    I hope you will plan to join us Sunday January 12, 2025 at 9:00 for our Table Class, where you join a table for fellowship and I teach a lesson from the book of Acts. We will look at Acts 5:1-11 this week and see the history of Ananias and Sapphire. It is important, and I hope you will be there and bring a friend.

     We will go to worship at 10:00 with a great time of worship and praise, then the Lord's Supper and a message from Acts 5:15-20 that I call Wise Living.

     On January 26 I am going to teach a lesson that I call, The Jesus Tool. This is designed to introduce people to ten steps to know God in a personal way. I hope you will be on hand for a great time of teaching in worship that day. After worship we are having a luncheon together, so I am sure you won't want to miss January 26. 

Blessings, Tom West, Minister