Monthly Archives: October 2020

A MISSION OF RELATIONSHIPS

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Our first encounter with the Messick family was when they stayed in our home during furlough over two years ago. After traveling over 1,600 miles from Colorado to Pennsylvania with 5 children ages 3 to 13 in tow, we were certain that they would be exhausted and ready to crash. We had never met in person and...

Confessions of a Weaker Brother

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Over the years I’ve seen my share of potentially divisive issues in the church. Perhaps because I grew up in a more liberal church tradition, my sympathies have tended to fall more on the side of Christian liberty and the freedom we have in the gospel. To the extent that I struggled, it was to accommodate the...

Breaking News – Believing Prayer

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The cords of death encompassed me ... In my distress I called upon the LORD ...  Then the earth reeled and rocked ... Psalm 18:4-7 How do the above words grab your attention? Are they relevant to our present situation? In the midst of a pandemic with the loss of life, economic instability, political turmoil,...

What can I do about Racial Justice?

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After George Floyd was killed by a white police officer, a fresh wave of outrage over race relations washed over the United States. This outrage was displayed by peaceful protests, destructive riots, and blacked out social media profiles.  I asked Church Planter Los Morales and church member Wayne Cooley from Christ Alone Fellowship...

Not Just Challenge – Opportunity!

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It was about 1 am Saturday morning when it struck me: “This is not just a challenge, it is an opportunity, an opportunity to lead!”