Prayer Emphasis – Prayer Calendar
Posted April 30th, 2009 by Mike Hubbard
During May, we are going to have a church-wide prayer emphasis. The Elders believe that our church needs to develop and grow in our individual and corporate prayer lives. We see, even in ourselves a lack of dependence on God, a lack of desperation to experience His presence, and a shallowness in our prayer. As […]
Posted in Church Life and Issues, Worship
Modern Issues and Lying – By Weston Ely
Posted April 29th, 2009 by Mike Hubbard
This past Sunday, we looked at Jesus’ moral teaching about taking oaths. The root of his teaching exposes our tendency to be dishonest. I used four categories to classify the reasons that we lie (Apathetic lies, Cowardly lies, Manipulative lies, and Malevolent lies). I also proposed that loving God and loving others is a formula […]
Posted in Church Life and Issues, Sermon Thoughts, Suggested Resources, Theological issues
Bible Reading Calendar for May
Posted April 24th, 2009 by Mike Hubbard
If you have been reading the Bible with us since January, here is the calendar. And if you haven’t there is no better time to get started. bible-reading-plan-may
Posted in Bible reading & devotions
Devotion – Exodus 24
Posted April 23rd, 2009 by Mike Hubbard
A crisis of belief. That moment when God has made His will clear, and has spoken about the direction you are to take as one of His Children. But the direction from God always leads us to do the difficult, and maybe even the impossible. God is leading you to do something that will only […]
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Thoughts on Good Friday – Why a cross?
Posted April 10th, 2009 by Mike Hubbard
Crosses and crucifixes have become part of fashion, with all kinds of people wearing them and using them, even many who do not follow Jesus. For example, Madonna has often used crosses and crucifixes both in her wardrobe and as images in her stage show. With the imagery so prevalent, it is not hard to […]
Posted in Theological issues