The Season of Advent

This week begins the season of Advent: a season of hope and expectation that Christians have observed to anticipate the celebration of Christmas for many centuries. There are five candles in the center of the Advent wreath. It’s fitting that the first candle to...

Worshiping Together

“…Tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.” (Psalm 78:4) Psalm 78 recounts the events of Israel’s past so that the future generations will learn some of the lessons their parents and grandparents...

The Kingdom-Kind Of Ministry

Last Sunday night I preached Luke 8:1-3. The message was entitled “The Marks of Kingdom Ministry.” Those three verses formed what I thought at first to be quite an obscure text, one that for a preacher seems to take a little extra effort to get off the page. Well,...

The Church God Intends

Our youth group is built around Bible Study.  Our main meeting time is Wednesday nights at 7 pm.  We share a meal.  There is laughter and conversation.  And then we study scripture, or scriptural concepts.  We may accomplish this by studying a book of the Bible, or...

Is That the Real You?

Its normal this time of year. Many embrace the idea of pretending to be someone, or something, they’re not. We virtually celebrate kids’ use of imagination and dress-up with the purchase of costumes and related paraphernalia. Hundreds of costumed...
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