Pastoral Ponderings
Merry Christmas – Pastor/Elder Jim Nelson
I recently became aware of a few surveys completed by Pew Research and others which indicated that 45 to 65% of so called evangelical Christians are convinced that Jesus is not the only way to heaven. I think my heart stop beating for a while, I was shocked and then disappointed. I needed to remind […]
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Ezekiel 34 – Pastor/Elder Tony Minell
As we get ready to celebrate the event for which the entire year seems to have been preparing, it is paramount that you get your book reading material ready for the turning of the calendar. No matter the books that become the brick and mortar of that stack, let the Bible have the keystone position. […]
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It Is Well With My Soul – Pastor/Elder Greg Mattson
‘Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, let this blest assurance control That Christ hath regarded my helpless estate and hath shed His own blood for my soul. It is well with my soul.” “It is Well with My Soul” (Horatio Spafford) Once again, the Holiday season is upon us. For many […]
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Wisdom’s Call – Pastor/Elder Paul Linzmeier
Proverbs 9 highlights two voices calling out to the simple: one of wisdom and one of folly. Both call out to the same audience saying, “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here! And whoever lacks sense…” both with intent to sway the simple. Who are the simple? One possible definition is those who are […]
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Looking to Jesus – Pastor/Elder Jeff Warren
On Wednesday evenings this semester during Immerse, the elders have been going through a section of our Statement of Faith entitled, ‘The Person and Work of Jesus Christ’. One of the reasons we are doing this is that we long for every believer at New Life to be captivated by Christ in order that we […]
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Matthew 12:38,39 – Pastor/Elder Matt Leko
“Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.” But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and […]
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This Light Momentary Affliction – Pastor/Elder Brian Gates
“So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. […]
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The Fragrance of Christ – Pastor/Elder Zack Fugate
“But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, […]
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Psalm 131 – By Pastor/Elder Jay Swisher
Psalm 131 O LORD, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. […]
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One Sacrifice For Sins–Jim Nelson
“But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God. Since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool, because by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.” Hebrews 10:12-14
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