“Come, follow me,” Jesus said (Mark 1:17) You and I have followed people our entire lives. When I was a kid, I followed my mom and dad around. I followed friends and began to take after what they did. I remember playing basketball in the driveway as a kid, boombox plugged in, mix tape playing […]
Read more "“Come, follow me” – Jesus"1 John 1:5: This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. What is your attitude toward God’s character? Because what you and I think about God is one of the most important question in our lives. It has implications […]
Read more "God is light"Proverbs 4:20-27: 20 My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words. 21 Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; 22 for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body. 23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. […]
Read more "Above all else, guard your heart"As a church, we are driven to reach people, locally and globally. Read the latest newsletters and updates from two of our missionaries: Bill Allison and Cadre Ministries She is Safe How can we pray for our missionaries? Dear brothers and sisters, I urge you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to join […]
Read more "Driven To Reach People – March 2016"The longer I go as a member of a church and a part of that church’s local family, here are some things I have grown to appreciate and value more and more. The longer I go, the more I’m grateful for those not knit together and gifted like me. Because in the variety of personalities, […]
Read more "The longer I go…as a member of a church."I’ve been in a lead preaching role for over 7 years now. And the longer I have gone in that role, the more certain convictions and beliefs have risen to the top of my heart. Here are five of them. The longer I go, the more I love and trust the Word. Maybe this seems […]
Read more "The longer I go…in preaching"Dear friends, That’s the phrase that John used often in 1 John. Dear children…beloved. It reflects the love he has for the people he is writing to, the people who he loves because Jesus has first loved us. The target audience that John was writing to were believers in Christ, people who had confessed that […]
Read more "Beloved, His Commands Are Not Burdensome"We often heard when we were dating, ‘Oh just wait till you get married.’ As if when you get married, then all the romance is obliterated and shot to pieces. When we got engaged, we heard the same thing. Again, as if walking down the aisle was more less a walk toward the death of […]
Read more "‘Oh just wait’"1 John 2:9-11: 9 Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. 10 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. 11 But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the […]
Read more "Love One Another Well"As a church, we are driven to reach people, locally and globally. Brad and Erika Leman are in the midst of raising support in order to go full-time on the mission field with Isaiah 55 Ministries in Reynosa, Mexico. Read their latest update here. As a church, we are excited to begin our monthly support of them in March […]
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