Archives for Feb 2012
Our Mission Together
posted on February 29th, 2012 by Pastor Dave DeHaan
What is the mission of the church? One expert on this topic has declared that everything the church does and can do is mission. While another has lamented that if everything is mission, nothing is mission. Recently, pastor-authors Kevin DeYoung and Greg Gilbert asked this question in a book by the same title. I trust you will be encouraged by the conclusion they came to based on Jesus' "Great Commission" in Matthew 28
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The End Of All Things
posted on February 22nd, 2012 by Jim Gordon
What will happen when your part in the tale of life is finished? What will the end of all things be like? God pulls back the curtain and reveals the true end of all things in Revelation 21:1-22:5. He doesn't give us all the details, but he gives us enough information to keep us going in the fight of faith.
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Receiving Criticism
posted on February 19th, 2012
David Sunday mentioned this article in his sermon this morning
The Cross and Criticism
posted on February 19th, 2012
David Sunday mentioned this article in his sermon this morning.
Speaking of Love....Speaking in Love
posted on February 14th, 2012 by Pastor David Sommer
This is the week in February that love is celebrated and expressed through the gifts of flowers and cards. However, for various reasons, many people feel a bit left out of the celebration, so I would like us to think together about a love that includes all of us - a love that is more profound than the words expressed in a Hallmark card - a love that changes us and calls us to something greater than ourselves.
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Hope In The Darkest Hour
posted on February 8th, 2012 by Pastor David Sunday
One of my favorite quotes these past couple years comes from Charles Spurgeon: "Believe that the deepest afflictions are always neighbors to the highest joys. The greatest possible privileges lie close to the darkest trials. The more bitter your sorrow, the louder your song at the end." The book of Lamentations is perhaps the bleakest in all of Scripture. Yet at the very center of the book we find one of Scripture's loudest songs of hope-"Great is Thy Faithfulness!"
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Notes From The Middle Of The Night
posted on February 1st, 2012 by Ross Stern
For those of you who wear glasses, you may have had the experience of going to the optometrist to get that new pair of glasses - either your prescription has changed or your lenses have become badly scratched. Whatever the reason, the optician comes to the table and places the new glasses on your face and all of a sudden, you see much clearer than before. Cancer is like a new pair of glasses.
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