Pastoral Prayer Good morning Lord, Today, we join the psalmist as we worship you for your omnipresence… Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. If I lift up the wings of the dawn,…

I would guess that most of us have been to the eye doctor at some point. If, like me, your natural vision is bad and declining, your visits to see Tom and Robin will be regular. When you sit in the chair, there are a variety of things that doctors will do in order to understand what you can see (because…

He is risen…He is risen indeed For centuries, Christians have used that call and response, especially on Easter Sunday. It’s a simple and brief call and response, but it proclaims one of the central truths of our faith - that Jesus is alive! Yes, He was crucified. Yes, He was buried. Yes, He is alive.…

Crucifixion and death of Jesus

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Throughout history and in various stories, people have gone to great lengths, doing wrong things for the right reasons. President Lincoln bent some laws in the least and may have broken some in order to end the scourge of slavery in our country - the wrong things for the right reason - in his case, the…

With friends like these… In the early days of WWII, the Netherlands sought to maintain a position of neutrality. However, when the Nazi German army invaded the nation, the leaders of the Netherlands sided with the allied forces in opposition to Germany. On February 22, 1944, bad weather caused allied…

Ways that we demonstrate strength wealth Physical Knowledge Force of personality Legal as Jesus prepares to suffer, he demonstrates that our strength comes not through ability or self- sufficiency, but through surrender. And he came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples…

One of the things I love about Jesus is the way that He teaches. Now, in some ways, I would prefer a didactic, logical, clearly outlined type of teaching with points and sub-points that allow for a thorough understanding of a topic in a clear and succinct way- but that’s not the way that Jesus does it…

At the beginning of January, several of us traveled to Louisville, KY for CrossCon - a missions oriented conference for your adults. Incidentally, we are planning on going again this next year (St. Louis, MO). Young adults, I’d love for you to join me. At the conference John Piper gave a talk entitled…