Nehemiah – bacground notes and Bibliography
Starting a new series on the Old Testament book of Nehemiah today. As with any book of the Bible, there is so much more information than can be shared on Sunday. So I wanted to prepare some notes on the book itself, its place in the overall story of Scripture, and some key themes we […]
Wishing you a Merry, but also a Gospel-centered Christmas
Sometimes at Christmas, it gets difficult to come up with new ways to wish you a Merry Christmas, and remind you to keep Christ at the center of your focus. Geez, it is hard for me to remind myself of these things. Too often, the message of Jesus’ birth and life becomes routine, because we […]
Cooperstown, New York. Canton, Ohio. Springfield, Massachusetts. Toronto, Ontario. If you are a sports fan, as you read the names of these towns, you probably noticed that they have something in common. These towns contain the Halls of Fame for the major sports. The Baseball Hall of Fame is in Cooperstown. Football is in Canton, […]
Video by Stephen Lancaster on Living Water International
As part of our Advent Conspiracy offering, we are going to give money to Living Water International, we showed a video last week featuring Stephen Lancaster from our church as he told the story of his mission trip this past year with this organization. Stephen helped build a well in Honduras.
Website with gift ideas for giving presence
One of the key thoughts in the Advent Conspiracy emphasis is that we need to re-think some of our gifts. Nothing wrong with Christmas gifts, at all. But the challenge is to give our presence as well, to be relational with our giving. The website rethinkingchristmas.com is an online clearinghouse of ideas for gifts and […]