It’s the last week of the church year! We will celebrate the conclusion of another year by rejoicing together in the majesty and reign of our Lord Jesus Christ. Come fellowship with us this Sunday as we worship God and study Colossians 1:11-20, a passage dedicated to honoring Jesus Christ as our only Lord.
–Pastor David
As many of you know, Tara and I are new to the area, and we are just beginning to learn what mid-November is like in central Michigan. We are used to hearing gunshots in inner-city Indianapolis, but now we are hearing gunshots with a different purpose. Regardless of how you feel about hunting animals, I hope we can all agree that this use of gunpower is preferable to the alternative!
Luke’s final recorded teaching of Jesus, found in Luke 21:5-19, contains some pretty strange stuff. Can we relate to this teaching at all? And what does this have to do with church life today? Click the link below to listen to Pastor David’s sermon on this passage.
In the days preceding Jesus’s crucifixion, our Lord gave his disciples one final word of instruction. This teaching, though, was unlike others because it foretold future events and encouraged the disciples to be faithful through persecution. Read all about it in Luke 21:5-19, and then come worship with us on Sunday as we study the passage together!
–Pastor David
This past weekend, we experienced our annual blessing of an extra hour – perhaps for sleep! – as we turned our clocks back because of the end of Daylight Saving Time. It’s the yearly payback for that less pleasurable experience in the spring, when we set our clocks ahead and consequently show up an hour late for church on Sunday! But have you ever stopped to think about the significance of this time change?
This Sunday, Pastor David helped us investigate a challenging portion of scripture from Luke 20:27-40, the teaching of Jesus about whether or not there will be marriage in heaven. But there is more to this story than meets the eye! What does it have to do with our situation today? Click the link below to hear this sermon.
Today is Election Day in the United States. Politically speaking, many people have been looking forward to (or dreading) this day for several months. I have just a few comments to make about today’s significance from a more spiritual perspective:
The situation in Isaiah’s time was very tense. Assyria was knocking on Jerusalem’s door – and God spared his people. But was this time to relax? And what does this have to do with the story of Zacchaeus? Click the link below to hear Pastor David’s sermon on Isaiah 1:10-20.
I just received and read my copy of the current “Communion together” newsletter (Nov/Dec 2010). First, take a few minutes to read the article by Jen Carney on being “Missionaries in Our Own Community.” Her words are right on the money – missions work begins in our own neighborhood. It’s good stuff.
Second, I’d like to comment about Jim Lyon’s article on “Absolute Truth and the Word of God.” This article reminds us of some important points, such as the fact that the Bible contains the truths of God. But the notion of absolute truth is, I believe, more complicated than the article suggests. Here’s what I mean:
Our weekly study of Ephesians continues with the first ten verses of chapter 2. Some powerful ideas are contained in this passage, specifically about the idea of being raised to new life in Christ. What does this have to say about who we are as the church? Click the link below to listen to Pastor David’s message!