Dec 23
2023
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Living in "Easter Time" Power
“The present age, for us as Christians, is Easter time, it begins with the resurrection of the Redeemer, and ends with the resurrection of the redeemed.
Keep ReadingGood Friday Made Possible a Great Forever!
There are moments in history when a single sentence changes everything. But no words have ever carried more weight than the words spoken by Jesus from the cross on that dark Friday, as Jesus declared - not in defeat - but in triumph - “It is finished!”
Keep ReadingCelebrating St. Patrick's Day
Patrick was one of the first great missionaries who brought the Gospel beyond the boundaries of the old Roman civilization. Patrick’s missionary strategy was to concentrate on converting the tribal kings. As the kings converted, they gave their sons to Patrick to be trained as missionaries. From kingdom to kingdom, Patrick converted pagans, built churches, trained disciples, ordained deacons and ministers and built mission stations. Patrick provided pastors with written doctrinal standards with which to teach their people.
Keep ReadingDisordered Love!
Trevin Wax defines sin as “disordered love” - misdirected desire that aims for God and yet boomerangs back to the self in ways that stifle our love for others and squelch our fruitful capacities. Same-sex sexual behavior is just one example of taking an act designed to draw us out of ourselves toward a great mystery and curving back inward toward the repetition and redundancy of sameness.”
Keep ReadingDec 16
2023
A Father's Gift to His Son
Much of our giving during Christmas is due to a sense of obligation produced by someone else giving us a gift. It is only when we direct our thoughts God ward that the overwhelming, incomparable, immeasurable nature of gifts and giving takes on eternal significance and meaning.
Dec 10
2023
The People Who Miss Christmas!
One thing hasn't changed since the time of Joseph and Mary - nearly everyone missed that first Christmas, too. Those who missed Christ and Christmas all have their counterpart in modern society. Don't miss the reason for the season - Christ, who was historically born and now wants to be spiritually reborn in you.
Dec 5
2023
Christmas - Heaven's Rescue Mission!
The good news of the gospel is that God’s Sent One was successful in His rescue efforts. God’s wrath has been satisfied; His law magnified. Sin has been nullified, Heaven glorified, the devil horrified and all who put their faith in Jesus are justified, and the number of the justified is being multiplied by the millions!
Dec 1
2023
The Greatest Story Ever Told!
The Christmas Event is the greatest story the world has ever heard. The good news it brought and brings – the gospel - is the invitation to tear up all our own little scripts and self-made stories, and enlist, with a clean start and a strategic part, as members of the cast in God’s big redemptive story.