“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. He shall turn the heart of the fathers to their children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite thee with a curse.”
Bishop Horace E. Smith preached a Father's Day message on fatherhood as a primary, shaping force in life and faith, calling the church to restoration through relationship with God the Father (Abba), to faithful stewardship, and to intentional leadership and mentorship during an upcoming pastoral transition.
“Malachi prophesied that the spirit of Elijah would come to visit; John the Baptist is identified here as that fulfillment.”
Pastor Art frames Palm Sunday as the start of Holy Week and a prophetic, decisive confrontation not against Rome but against spiritual powers. Jesus entered Jerusalem to declare victory over Satan, pour out God's unconditional love, and call people to genuine repentance and salvation — even as the crowd misunderstood and remained spiritually blind.