I hope you had a good Easter weekend last week and you are still joyful that Jesus died and rose from the grave for you. This Sunday we are going to see some practical implications of Jesus being delivered up for our transgressions and raised for our justification from Romans 5:1-5.

He has risen! Christ has risen indeed! This weekend we are focusing on what Christ did for us through just a few verses in Romans 4:23-25. Why not read and memorize to hide in your heart? Jesus was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification!

How did people get saved before Christ came? That is one of the big questions that we will be discovering this coming Sunday from Romans 4:1-23 and it has relevance to us now because we can easily fall into the same patten of thinking as to how we get saved today. Do we have to perform certain rituals to be saved? Do we have to do a bunch of good works to prove we are saved? Could I challenge you to read Romans 4 this week and discuss the above questions with your family and small group this week?

How are you responding to God’s mercy to your sin? Trying to take advantage of it? (That won’t work!) Thankful to God and showing it in your faithful obedience? May God be praised! On Sunday we will be looking at these questions and more as we study Romans 3:21-31.

Are humans basically good? We hear this often. People just need to channel the good from within. They point to all the good in the world. This week I would challenge you to read, study and then come listen on Sunday as we preach from Romans 3 to see things from God’s perspective. I think some of you will find this shocking and believe all of us will find it helpful and hopeful.

It's here! Our Annual Celebration Sunday where we look back at all God did in the previous year and seek the Lord for the coming year in both direction and provision. The team has worked hard to provide a very engaging Annual Celebration. You may have noticed the ramp up to the Annual Celebration as we shared testimonies these last few Sundays. New this year, is a focus on our vision in the morning service as well. The evening is a can't miss event. Those who are members even get the privilege to vote on our 2025 Budget and Elders. See you there!

What are the dangers of judging others? We might be wrong as we don’t know the whole story? We might make too harsh or too soft a judgment? We don’t like to be judged ourselves? We may develop a critical spirit? This may all be true, but Sunday we are going to learn about the dangers of judging others from Romans 2:1-11. More importantly, we are going to see God’s measure for judging and why He delays judgment. I think we will leave less judgmental and more thankful to God. That is my big prayer for us all on this ides of March!

Imagine you’re an artist! You create a beautiful masterpiece and decide to share it with some new people so they can enjoy it as well. The hope is that a friendship would begin based on a mutual love of fellowship and beauty. Not only do your new acquaintances not appreciate your art, but they also want nothing to do with you. Instead of wanting to get to know you more, the new acquaintances think they can do better. They start by defacing your masterpiece. Then they take some rocks and your art supplies and decide to make their own art. Their art is inferior and distorts the original. Despite their grotesque art, they all gather to start celebrating it. As they continue to assemble more art, it gets more and more profane. What should you do next? Would you like to know what God did when He created the universe and pursued us human beings who then rejected Him? Come this Sunday to hear Pastor Jason explain God’s response from Romans 1:18-32.

Have you ever been ashamed of the gospel? I can recall several times in my life when I have shared the Good News of Jesus Christ that I tried listening to myself as I talked and thought that people must think I am crazy. I am describing my belief that I am placing my whole life on the fact that a poor Jewish carpenter was crucified on a Roman Cross nearly 2000 years ago and rose from the grave because I believe He is the Son of God come in the flesh to die for my sins. As I hear myself, I realize that as crazy as that may sound, I believe it to be 100% true and have found time and time again Christ confirming my faith in him. The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation! This is nothing to be ashamed of but is the glorious and liberating truth we find in Romans 1:16-17!

All the snow we have had this winter reminds me of the snow we used to receive here in Ontario when I was a kid. Wow! It takes a lot for us to cancel our worship services, but we were concerned about your safety this past Sunday, so we made the hard decision to cancel our worship service. What made it more difficult was that we were going to have baptisms and child dedications on Sunday. But sometimes God delays events for His grand purposes. Maybe God was doing something in your life or your family when you were stuck at home? Do you know what that is? We would love to hear these God stories. Just like the Apostle Paul being delayed in coming to Rome, our delay on these baptisms, child dedications and Pastor Kyle preaching Romans 1:8-15, we will someday know what God was doing to bring glory to Himself on Snow Family Day Sunday 2025!