Written by Dawn Rutan Last night I was reading Psalm 4 and noticed verse 6b: “Lift up the light of your face upon us, O Lord!” (ESV). That led me to think of Isaiah 9:2: “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, […]
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Written by Dawn Rutan In this third week of Advent the theme is joy. Joy is one of those terms that is hard to define very well. We’ve been told that it is supposed to be different from happiness, which is based in circumstances (related to Old English happenstance, hap, luck). It should be more
Excerpt from “The Glory of the Cross” by Jeremy Treat, published in Christianity Today, October 2013. For the full article, check out the magazine rack at church. Many of us instinctively feel that if we are faithful to Jesus, then life will go well for us. We will find comfort, success, and maybe even wealth.
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Written by Dawn Rutan I spent Sunday afternoon watching the perennial favorite The Sound of Music. It occurred to me as I watched that Maria had more problems with becoming a nun than just falling in love Captain Von Trapp. She also had some significant theology problems. When she first is ordered to leave the
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Guest Speaker Justin Nash John 4:19-26 Introduction Human beings are wired to worship. Everybody is a worshiper (Rom. 1:25) but because of sin many are blind and constantly put their trust in worthless objects. We will worship something. This leads to two questions: (1) What will we worship? (2) Will we worship in the right
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Guest speaker Jeff Walsh Have you ever started something well but at some point later things go off course? Maybe it’s an exercise program or a diet. Or maybe you’ve supervised a group of workers or your kids, gotten them started on a project. Things were going well when you left, but when you return
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