Here are a series of articles worth considering and a link to more if you like: VICTORY: Court affirms Christian’s right to refuse in good faith to make ‘LGBT Pride’ shirts Creating babies from skin cells turns procreation into transaction: scientist Oregon SB494 on Euthanasia via denying food and water Opioids and broken families For…
“It has been said God will never lead us where his grace cannot keep us. We must realize that sometimes his plan does not include a miraculous deliverance from illness, death, or oppression. Yet his grace is sufficient, and he has not abandoned us. We must trust that God would not lead us to a…
Preparing our Hearts to Worship In an effort to help you prepare for the June 4th, 2017, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on Pentecost. I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon is…
When a book is as weighty and important as the Bible, it is important that we study it. But more important than studying it, is that we study it well. Because Christians inherently understand these two things, many are scared to undertake their own study of the Bible out of a fear of being…
I ran across this quote today during my devotions. There is a stirring story behind the quote about a Nigerian woman whose husband was killed after Shariah law was declared. Suffering, hardship and pain were her lot. But this quote gives us hope. Let it encourage you today. It has been said God will never…
Preparing our Hearts to Worship Raising the Dead In an effort to help you prepare for the May 28th, 2017, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on the Life of Elijah. I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over…
“First it understands that the Lord by his ascent to heaven opened the way into the Heavenly Kingdom, which had been closed through Adam [John 14:3]…” “Secondly, as faith recognizes, it is to our great benefit that Christ resides with the Father. For, having entered a sanctuary not made with hands, he appears before the…
If you are a regular attender of Hope in Christ and are age 15 and over, would you please take a few minutes to answer this 6 question survey about the topics for our Fall Sunday school program? https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WZ8MQKJ Thanks, Pastor Scott
Here is some research from Barna backing up the claim I have been making in our Adult Sunday School Class on comparative worldviews. This is a very insightful article about the way that worldviews hostile to Christianity are influencing the church and her people. For example, only 17% of practicing Christians have a “biblical worldview”, which Barna…
Preparing our Hearts to Worship In an effort to help you prepare for the May21st, 2017, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on the Life of Elijah. I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon…