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Baseball by Paul Gilbertson
Anyone who knows me, knows I love baseball. I love watching it, I love playing it, and I love coaching it. The major league season is half over, and the youth baseball is coming to an end. I have…
Continue ReadingWorship Matters, Part 1…by Pastor Bennett
What is worship? How would you define or describe it? Before reading any further, think about how you might answer that question. Is worship a certain activity?
Continue ReadingTo the Church of Ephesus, Don’t Forsake Your First Love…by Jim Nelson
I’ve been fortunate to be in a Men’s Bible study for the past six years with a group of mature and growing believers. These men…
Continue ReadingGoodbye to an Old Friend, by Greg Mattson
“For we don’t not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Continue ReadingThe River by Paul Gilbertson
In John 7: 32-49, the Pharisees sent out officers to arrest Jesus. Along with the Pharisee’s officers the people themselves were divided on who they say Jesus is. They were asking if he was a Prophet or if he was Christ.
Continue ReadingIt’s All Good…Or Is It? by Zack Fugate
We live in a world that is perpetually focused on convincing each of us that the concept of things that are considered “good” can be treated as universal and worldly. For example, think of a recent time when you have heard a person utter the words, “It’s all good…
Continue ReadingA Royal Priesthood by Pastor Tony
Imagine the following: A mountain stands before us. Like a fold of sheep, we had been led to a patch of green grass in the midst of a dry desert. We find ourselves in the wilderness of Sinai…
Continue ReadingDown But Not Out by Zack Fugate
“But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name’s sake. This will be your opportunity to bear witness.”-Luke 21: 12-13
Continue ReadingWatchfulness–Jim Nelson
“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.” Matthew 26:41
Watchfulness is necessary for a healthy spiritual life. Jesus tells his disciples to “watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation” The letters of Paul, Peter, and John repeats the same note, urging us to exercise moral vigilance and watchful prayer…
To Bless–Pastor Tony
Tomorrow is the eve of one of the grandest miracles of all time. Eternity will not be enough time for us to consider even the slightest glimpse of the grandeur of the idea that God almighty became a baby; Oh, how wonderful a thought; Lean in brothers and sisters.
As we seek to celebrate this vast miracle, each of us, in our own way, are seeking to bless our loved ones (I may or may not be still seeking gift ideas for Julie). It is a native desire of this time of year. We find ourselves proclaiming to loved ones, with Bing Crosby, “…May your days be merry and bright.”; Our language even shifts to a version that would make King James proud, singing, “God bless ye merry Gentlemen!