This is our pastor’s article for the April 2016 edition of our congregational newsletter. A year or so ago, my eyes took in a graph showing the “measure of […]
Maundy Thursday Sermon: Remembering… for you
March 24, 2016 by
Our God is a God of ritual. He commanded His Old-Covenant people to take part in a yearly ritual: The Passover meal. In the first Passover, God freed His people […]
Palm Sunday: John 12:12-19: What the Donkey Tells Us
March 20, 2016 by
Right now, we have no audio of this sermon to post. If that changes, the sermon will be uploaded. Perhaps, you delighted in watching the old movie clips. Perhaps, you […]
Ron and Vashon’s Wedding Homily
March 19, 2016 by
Ronald Leach and Vashon Borich were married on March 19, 2016 at Thorncrown Chapel, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. As you can see, the chapel is beautiful, nestled in the woods. This is […]
Suffering Through the Lenses of Job, Lesson 7: Job’s Recognition, Repentance, and Restoration
March 19, 2016 by
Intro The Lord answered Job, pulling Job from an inward focus on his suffering to what is beyond: God. By stating who He is and what that means, God inductively […]
Suffering Through the Lenses of Job, Lesson 6: The Lord Answers Job
March 19, 2016 by
Intro Elihu came, said his words, and left. We now find God responding to Job’s suffering. The Whirlwind: The Law and Judgement against His Enemies Isaiah 29:6: Judgment will […]
The Books of the Old Testament: The Apocrypha
March 17, 2016 by
This article is a supplement to the church bulletin for our Palm Sunday service. The Old Testament reading is from 2 Maccabees 10:1-7, which gives us a better context for […]
Our Lord’s Final Words from the Cross: Finished
March 16, 2016 by
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” In clear-cut and dramatic language, the Bible tells us how everything began. “In the beginning, God created.” What then of […]
Isaiah 43:16-21: Remembering and Forgetting
March 13, 2016 by
Old age creeps into our lives, sometimes stealing our memories from us. Now, we may joke about it, but the humor soon dies away, forgotten as the forgetfulness increases. How […]
Hebrews 11:1-2, 39-12:2; Luke 15:1-7: Irma is Now Part of the Great Cloud of Witnesses
March 12, 2016 by
The secret life of the saints in eternity; the secret life of Irma. Their life isn’t secret; we’ve just forgotten what it includes. And when we forget, we shortchange their […]
