“For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, IN HOPE that the creation itseld would be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.” (Romans 8:20-21) Accepting the death of a loved [...]
“My purpose is that they may be encouraged in their hearts, brought together in love, and full of the fullness of understanding so that they may know the mystery of God, Christ.” (Colossians 2:2) We are made to revel in the mystery of God. That mystery is summed up in one person, Jesus of Nazareth. [...]
We do not analyze. We INTEGRATE ~ Bruce Lee When we spend so much mental energy analyzing endlessly an unpleasant experience, we aren’t really analyzing at all. We are simply integrating all of that anxiety and stress into our present reality, which is the only reality we actually have. The future (and the past) is [...]
Stewardship. It’s a “buzz” word in Christian circles. Many times when churches talk about money they talk about stewardship. Even though this is sometimes the case, most Christians recognize that the biblical idea of stewardship goes far beyond what we do with our money. Ultimately we find in Scripture that stewardship is foundational to our [...]
Pastor Brett has been challenging us with the message of the Old Testament Prophet Malachi. The book was written in the 400’s BC. In short, the people of that day had become indifferent to the things of God. Despite 1400+ years of evidence to the contrary, they did not sense God’s loving commitment to them [...]
A verse often quoted on Christmas cards is Galatians 4:4: But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son… I recently received a letter from a missionary couple that made some astute observations about this verse and God’s sense of “perfect timing. ” Here is an excerpt from that letter: God’s timing in [...]
