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The parable of the prodigal son is one of the most well-known stories Jesus told, but its ending often leaves us with a powerful and challenging question: Why is the elder son, the “good” son, left outside the celebration? The elder son represents those of us who have been faithful, diligent, and obedient. He stayed […]
On Sunday, September 29, we will have our first Service Sunday. After a very short time of worship, we will split into groups for several service projects, including cemetery clean up, doubling the bags for the Our Part Ministry and others. No matter what your physical limitations, we have a service project you can do.
This Sunday, we’ll dive into the Parable of the Persistent Widow from Luke 18:1-8. It’s a story about a widow who refuses to give up, relentlessly asking a judge for justice. What happens when she won’t take no for an answer? And what does her persistence teach us about our own lives, especially when it […]
Psalm 139 is a psalm which combines both praise and wonder. God knows us, but can we really know God? If God is unchanging, can, does and should our perception of God change as we grow and change or as the world we live in changes? When it comes to God, the truth is, we […]
Scripture Focus: Isaiah 6:1-8 Trinity Sunday, celebrated this year on May 26 , is the only day on the church calendar that is dedicated to a doctrine and not an event. The question we will considering this week is “Does theology really matter and why?” Of course it matters. How you see God effects how […]
While Acts 2:1-21 tells the story of the Christian Pentecost, the Holy Day has much earlier roots. It began as A Jewish harvest festival. It is sometimes called the festival of first fruits or festival of weeks, because it occurs seven weeks after Passover. Actually the name Pentecost, came from the fact that it was […]
Acts 1:3-11. It is interesting that the two places in the Bible where we have an account of Jesus’ going back to heaven is in the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts- interesting because they are written by the same author. The Gospel of Luke tells the story of Jesus’ time on earth […]
” Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.”- 1 John 5:1-2 In The First Letter of John, chapter five, verses one through five, […]
1 John chapter 4, verses 7-21. In verse seven, we learn the source of love: love is from God. Without God, there is no love. Now remember, this is agape- someone described it as love that decides to love ahead of time. This love is not earned nor does it contingent on being reciprocated. God […]
1 John 3:16-24 It is easy to say we Believe in Jesus. It’s easy to pray for God to meet people’s needs, but this sort of religion falls dramatically short of what Jesus himself embodied and what he taught his followers. Unless we are willing to obey Jesus, unless we are willing to follow his […]