JOINT SERVICE ON SUNDAY, JULY 25! Our next joint service is…tomorrow! Note that the service start time is 11 a.m. We are excited about gathering together with sister churches Ministerio, Bridge of Grace, Spirit and Truth Worship, and City of Rain. What a joy it will be to come together […]
Monthly Archives: July 2021
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Devotional: Matthew 17:1-13 From Holly: This section of Scripture involves what we call the “transfiguration” of Jesus. This word means to “change into another form”. Interestingly, this is the same word that Paul uses in Romans 12:2, when he tells his readers to “be transformed”. This word is a compound where the first part (meta) […]
SERMON SERIES FROM 1 PETER This “Stand Firm” series focuses on how a Christian can stand firm and unwavering against expected persecution and false teaching. Even though fiery trials, opposition and heresy can envelop our lives in a variety of ways, we can have hope in the fact that it […]
Devotional: 1 Peter 2:1-25 From Holly: I notice that this section starts with a variation of “therefore”. This time, it is “so”—“so get rid of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all evil speech”. What does this logical statement reflect back to? Because we trusters […]
SERMON SERIES FROM 1 PETER This week we begin a new sermon series from 1 Peter entitled: “Stand Firm.” In this series, we are encouraged by the Apostle Peter to hold fast to our faith and face our hardships with endurance because our hope is in Christ, not this world! […]
Devotional: 1 Peter 1:1-25 From Holly: The first thing I notice is that Peter writes this letter to “the elect sojourners of the dispersion”. Elect comes from a word that means “chosen out, select; by implication, favorite”. Sojourners is from a word that means “”an alien alongside”, i.e., a “resident foreigner”; it […]
Devotional: Malachi 4 (or 3:19-24, depending on your Bible) From Holly: Remember, this message was written specifically to Israel (Malachi 1:1). I believe that this portion of Malachi is referring to both the first and second coming of Christ to earth. The reference to “the day” (twice in verse 19, Tree of Life version) […]
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY! Excerpts from the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We, the representatives of the United States […]