Posts from August 2021

Weekly Update – August 26th, 2021 September 12th is a day that I have been looking forward to for several weeks. It is not as though this day is significant for any reason, but at least in my mind, it is a date that will kick off many of the ministries of our church. For the last year and a half, we have restricted many of our functions as a church, but coming in September, my hope is that we…

Weekly Update – August 19th, 2021 One of the most disheartening developments over the last week involves the plight of the Afghan people. Whatever you think about the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, whether they should have stayed or come home, is not the argument here. The treatment of fellow image of God bearers by a wicked terrorist organization should cause us all to cry out to God for mercy upon these people. Beyond this, it is even more…

Weekly Update – August 12th, 2021 Have you ever thought about why you would share the gospel with someone who doesn’t know Christ? Hopefully you have. Typically answers to this question would be, “because I don’t want that person to go to hell”, or “I want that person to be in heaven one day.” Those are both good answers, but yet they don’t go quite deep enough. This past Sunday in Ezra chapter 6, we saw that when the people…

Weekly Update – August 5th, 2021 This summer I did a bit of reading on the formation of habits. After a busy period of life, I realized that I needed to take a step back and consider how to form better habits for the time that the Lord has given to me each day. One book that I read is titled, The Common Rule. In it, Justin Earley gives eight basic habits that shape his life. I won’t share all…