Posts from May 2024

Weekly Update – May 30th, 2024 In his book titled, Don’t Waste Your Life, John Piper says, “God created us to live with a single passion:  to joyfully display his supreme excellence in all the spheres of life.”  In other words, we live life to marvel at the grace of God and to display his greatness.  And we do this in every realm and in every function of our life.  So if we think about all spheres of life, we…

Weekly Update – May 23rd, 2024 One of my desires is that the preaching ministry of our church would cover the full range of scripture.  The reason for that is because we are not just New Testament Christians, but whole Bible Christians.  What that means is that not only should you find yourself reading Bible stories that you like, or only reciting popular verses, but you should seek to study everything from Genesis to Revelation.  That means that as an…

Weekly Update – May 16th, 2024 Over the last year, we have been slowly walking through our newly adopted statement on Biblical Sexuality.  There are nine points to this statement.  This week we will look at point eight.  Point one can before found HERE.  Point two, HERE.  Point three, HERE.  Point four, HERE.  Point five, HERE. Point six, HERE. Point seven, HERE.  Point eight is as follows: The grace of God in Christ gives both merciful pardon and transforming power. This pardon and power enable a…

Weekly Update – May 9th, 2024 As Christians, I doubt that any of us would say that we feel satisfied in how often we pray or in how committed we are to other spiritual disciplines.  We should always find ourselves striving to know the Lord better and seeking to deny ourselves and to serve other people.  But in the goal setting and striving for more, we ought not to find ourselves seeking to change everything.  Yes we want to follow…

Weekly Update – May 2nd, 2024 At our members’ meeting last Sunday (4/28), the elders announced a new segment under our section on membership.  It is called “ the care list.”  The purpose of this list is to give the members of the church an opportunity to provide extra care for other certain members.  It is our attempt at presenting a loving way for the church to pursue those who might be straying, as well as others who might be…