Grace Mills River

You may have heard the saying, “I can’t see the wind, but I can surely see the effects of the wind.” Jesus said as much about the Holy Spirit. His existence is known more fully by His effects. Recently we asked what it was for the Spirit to regenerate...

Few modern people would disagree that Jesus was a teacher of wisdom. But in that sense most would place him in the same category as others who stand as pioneers of various faith traditions: teacher. Such a category implies spirituality in any...

Pentecost was the genesis of the church. While it functions as an amazing historical event, what, if anything, does it have to do with the modern church? This unique historical event reveals much about the nature of the Holy Spirit and his work to...

Everyone alive is tempted by something. The reasons for resisting temptation are many. What is particular about how a Christian faces temptation? We’ll look at the Spirit’s participation in the beginning of Jesus’s public ministry–at his baptism and...

You can learn a lot about a person in how they treat someone else. You can learn about what it means to relate to the Holy Spirit from how the Spirit participates in the life of Jesus and His mother. What do we learn about the Spirit here? Why does it...

If our intent is to learn what it means to keep in step with the Spirit, we should probably back up and first consider the nature and purpose of the Words from which we learn most about the Spirit.

Readings & Scriptures

PREPARATION: Psalm 103:1-5LEADER: Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!

PEOPLE: Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,

LEADER: who forgives all your iniquity, who...

One temptation of the modern church’s quest to follow Jesus is to prioritize precision about following to the obscuring of the power for it. That is, it is one thing to have the knowledge of the Son–quite another to have any help for following Him...

The reality of the resurrection of Jesus, our troubles and doubts around the resurrection, the joy and mission that comes from believing in the real presence and power of Jesus through the work of His Spirit.

Though it’s been rightly and reasonably (but perhaps simplistically) said that one of the best reasons to pass on Christ is the example of Christians, the question remains: why are so many still speaking of Him, respectfully or disdainfully? Why do...