What a great Easter weekend! It was so good to meet and greet so many new faces in all our worship services. Thank you for inviting your friends and family members to worship with us. I pray that every guest was pointed to the wonder and glory of Christ who lived, died and rose for our redemption, salvation and reconciliation.

This weekend, we will turn our attention back to 2 Samuel 14. Our passage is a difficult text and probably not one that you will find in the Little Golden Book of children’s stories. But make no mistake, this passage has real relevance for our lives. Both David and Absalom demonstrate the need for forgiveness and reconciliation and the danger when they are not achieved in a biblical way. If you have no conflict in your life and never sin against anyone, feel free to take the weekend off. For the rest of us, I look forward to seeing you this weekend as we seek to align our lives to the plumb line of God’s truth in His Word.

— Pastor Chad