From Your Pastor’s Heart
So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us. – 1 Thessalonians 2:8 As September 1 reminds us…
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From Your Pastor’s Heart
So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us. – 1 Thessalonians 2:8 This past Sunday I finished…
Table Talk: Growing in Christ Doesn’t Happen Alone
Small groups help us grow together, while our new Family Worship Guide will help carry that growth into our homes and throughout the week. As we begin another season of small group ministry, I encourage every member of our church…
All Prayer Is Not Problem-Solving
When we think of prayer requests, most of us think primarily of problems that we want God to resolve, but that does not seem to be the apostle Paul’s approach. For example, here is what Paul wrote to the Ephesian…
Changes to Our Worship Bulletin
Christ Church is committed to “acts of public worship” (e.g. singing of praise) which God has instituted in Scripture. Historically we refer to this as the “Regulative Principle of Worship.” God, through His Word, regulates how He is to be…
From Your Pastor’s Heart
So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us. – 1 Thessalonians 2:8 If you were asked to…
Persistently, Confidently
When the disciples asked Jesus how to pray, he began by giving them the prayer guide that we call the Lord’s Prayer (Matt. 6:9-13). Then he told them more (“Ask…seek…knock”), urging them to pray persistently, with complete confidence and security…
Prayer Notes: Your Will Be Done
In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus outlines for his disciples (and us) the elements that should be included in our daily prayers. Two of the Gospel writers, Matthew and Luke, include this model prayer, with Matthew’s version being the more fleshed-out…
Table Talk: Suffering, Scapegoats, and the Steady Hand of Christ
In A.D. 64, a great fire broke out in Rome. It burned for days, destroying large portions of the city and leaving many people shaken, homeless, and angry. It is unlikely that Nero himself started the fire, but as rumors…
From Your Pastor’s Heart
So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us. – 1 Thessalonians 2:8 Previously we reviewed possible…
Table Talk: The Early Church and Its First World
The Christian church did not begin in a place of cultural ease or political safety. It began in Jerusalem, the city where Jesus had been crucified, buried, raised, and from which he ascended into heaven. In the earliest days after…
From Your Pastor’s Heart
So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us. – 1 Thessalonians 2:8 In the last issue,…