May 16 Gleanings from the Life of Abraham

Written by Pastor Daniel Fusco.

For those of you who frequent our Thursday night study, our new series called Patriarchs is in full swing. This series is focusing on Genesis 12-50 and we will see the events recorded in Scripture about the lives of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Each one of these patriarchs has many things to teach us. They have good times and bad times. They make both godly and ungodly decisions. For each one of them, the grace of God is at work in their lives as they learn to trust in the Triune God of the Bible.

We are currently only part way through the life of Abraham (who still has yet to have his named changed to Abraham). As I have been reflecting on the life of Abraham, there are two glaring truths that seem to be jumping out of the Scriptures and attaching themselves to my heart.

May 13 Special Delivery

Written by Judith Dicklich.

You come home and see it! A sticky note on your front door announcing the arrival of a package. Perhaps it is something you ordered or it may be a total surprise, but it says "SPECIAL DELIVERY." For some reason those two little words just make me smile!

May 09 Practicing the Way of Jesus in Five Words

Written by Pastor Daniel Fusco.

Last Sunday’s message was one of the most important messages that I have ever shared. It was the message entitled, “Radically Subversive Living” from Matthew 5:38-48. What is interesting is that I have taught that passage before. Not only that, but I have used words like “radical” and “subversive” before. But for some reason, in my own heart, the stakes were high and the message was urgent. The more I pondered it, the more I was astounded by the four main actions in Matthew 5:44. If you were at the service, I made you repeat those four actions (in five words) a few times around. Those words are simply love, bless, do good and pray. Then it dawned on me that you could practice the way of Jesus by living out those five words.

Apr 30 The Joy of Finding

Written by Pastor Daniel Keels.

This morning I couldn’t find my keys. Actually, yesterday I couldn’t find my keys and today I really needed the keys that could not be found. After about 30 minutes of looking, I gave up and went on my way to the church. On the way I was speaking with my wife on the phone and realized that I didn’t have my wallet. I went home perturbed to say the least – and a bit curious what they were going to find on the brain scan that I now believed I needed.

Apr 26 Adding to life

Written by Pastor Bill Ritchie.

On our way through the Sermon on the Mount recently we ran across one of Jesus' most familiar statements: "You are the salt of the earth." No doubt many of us have heard or used that phrase, and we all have ideas about what it means. But do we truly live out what Jesus is saying? What does that look like when it's played out real time?