Posts from September 2016

Bulletin – Week of October 2, 2016

We hope that no one in our midst feels like a stranger. Please know that you’re welcomed here in God’s house. Today we join with Christians around the world in celebrating Holy Communion. Message: A Spirit Filled Workplace Scripture: Eph. 6:10-13 Offering: General Fund Prayer Requests: This week we are asked to pray for Marion Martin, Dan and Tanya Obbink and their children, Lisa Oppenhuizen, Dale and Deloris Perry, Joe Pruitt, Debra Reamer and Mona Reardon. Suggestions for prayers would…

Loving those at the Office

Preparing our Hearts to Worship   In an effort to help you prepare for the October 2nd, 2016, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on Love and submission in the office, I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon is entitled, “The Ethics of the Workplace”. The main Scripture for the day is Ephesians 6:5-9. The other passages are either…

Reclaiming the World for Christ

“What is needed is a new generation of Christian preachers, ethicists, politicians, economists, artists, musicians and parents to carry the Christian world-view into their realms of endeavor, aiming to see those realms more, rather than less, conforming to the will of Christ, and more, rather than less, pleasing to God. It falls to us today, who are the heirs of the Reformation world-view, to pursue the glory of God in every sphere of life, until, in Kuyper’s words, ‘God’s holy…

7 Reasons to Teach Our Children Church History

This post originally appeared on The Gospel Coalition on January 20, 2015. Christian Living / Jeff Robinson Ask my four children what their father loves and ranking high on the list after “Jesus, our mom, baseball, and the Georgia Bulldogs,” might just be “dead people.” Why? The fact that I teach church history notwithstanding, I think it is important that my children—beginning at a tender age—understand the richness of the faith I am commending to them from Scripture. (And yes, they know…

Bulletin – Week of September 25, 2016

Love is the key that can open another’s heart. Our goal is to love one another as Christ has loved us. Therefore, be assured that you’re lovingly welcomed to God’s house. Let us rejoice together now!  Message: A Father’s Heart  Scripture: Eph. 6:4 Offering: General Fund  Prayer Requests: This week we are asked to pray for Herm and Ali Laninga, Carmen Larsen, Arbadella McAlister, Solomon and Rosa McAlister and their children, Linda McConnaughey. Suggestions for prayers would be for their…

Is scripture necessary for a fear of God?

Listen as one of our African Brothers in Christ comments about what happens when there is no devotion to the Word of God and how he sees that as being related to the Fear of God. Identifying the Fear of God in the Charismatic and Prosperity Gospel Movements from NCFIC on Vimeo.