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Read these devotionals from Extreme Devotion.September 13: Extreme Deception NORTH KOREA: AN ELDERLY WOMAN And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. 2 Corinthians 11:14–15“One day the teacher told us that we would play a special game. She whispered to us about a special book that our parents may have hidden in our homes. We were to wait until our parents went to sleep,…

Diagnostic Decision Making Posted: 24 Aug 2017 05:47 AM PDT Not being sure how to decide between two or more legitimate life options is a common human experience. It is part of what it means to be a finite creature in a finite world mysteriously governed by the infinite God. Whether it is a student trying to discern what college to attend, a young man trying to know which girl to pursue for marriage, an adult who has been presented with…

Read these devotionals from Extreme Devotion. September 04: Extreme Allegiance ROMANIA: PASTOR RICHARD WURMBRAND Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. 2 Corinthians 1:21 The twelve students stood with their pastor along the fence. On the other side was a large ditch, beyond which was an opening to a manmade cave. A large lion paced back and forth in front of the cave’s opening. Their pastor said, “Your forefathers were thrown before such…

This is a great post on how to approach church when the sermon is bad.  There are many reasons for a bad sermon – poor preparation by a preacher, poor oratory, bad listening by church attendees, and even heresy.  There are probably other reasons as well.  But Nick Batzig gives some advice on how to approach a service when the preaching is bad. I hope my preaching isn’t poor, but I am human and recognize that there are times when…

Due to the Office move and construction this week at the church, I do not have the time to make any recommendations from this list, however, I will repost the FRC Social Conservative Review here for you to peruse and get a different angle than the media normally gives: http://www.frcblog.com/2017/08/social-conservative-review-august-1-2017/

Here are some articles worth reading about contemporary issues that you may have missed: Cakes and Conscience Biblical Values and America’s Founders Hate group labels and Christian endangerment Basic Bioethics: How to illuminate the Christian Perspective The Four Crises every marriage must make it through For those wanting to read more articles or explore other topics, check out this link. Not every article or thought is endorsed specifically by the church, but these are worthy articles to consider and reflect…

In my preparations for this week’s sermon, I decided to create a list of some of the promises of God.  Here is a partial and incomplete list of the promises of God to his People.  I hope you find these an encouragement, comfort and aid to your prayer life. Promise never to leave you or forsake you or cast you away if you come to him. (Heb 13:5, Jn 6:37) Promise to come back for you (2Pet 3:9, Jn 14:2-3)…

The Sin that So Easily Entangles The Christian life is full of joys and trials.  It is full of victories, but then there are those times when we seem to be defeated.  Hebrews 12:1 tells us to “throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.”  But that isn’t always as easy as it seems, is it? Each of us is unique, and that means…

CRC’s Reframe Media has a great set of ideas about how to have a disagreement in a family. Click here to see!

A devotional thought on loving your enemies or not living by human wisdom but by heavenly direction, from Extreme Devotion. June 17 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5 In the sixteenth-century Netherlands, Dirk Willems had been labeled an “Anabaptist” during the rule of Spanish Catholics and imprisoned. Now he was running for his life. He had escaped out the tiny window and lowered himself on a rope made of…