I found Charles Spurgeon’s words below to be a good reminder of the truths God taught us through Sunday morning’s message from 1 Corinthians 10:14. The message will be online soon and I hope it will be an encouragement to those who weren’t able to gather with us. 1 Corinthians 10;22 reminds us to flee…
"…to the praise of the glory of His grace…" Ephesians 1:6
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I love the church. I love going to church and I love new people coming to church but Easter church attendance scares me. It is possible to come to church and be worse off than when you came. The Apostle Paul told some Corinthians in 1 Corinthians 11:17 that when they came to church is…
With help from the ESV Study Bible, here’s an attempted harmony/chronology of the words and actions of Jesus in the final week of his pre-resurrection life. ——————————————————————————– Jesus continues his daily teaching in the Temple Luke 21:37-38 And every day he was teaching in the temple, but at night he went out and lodged on…
Passion Week: Texts that describe what happened on Tuesday With help from the ESV Study Bible, here’s an attempted harmony/chronology of the words and actions of Jesus in the final week of his pre-resurrection life. ——————————————————————————– Jesus’ disciples see the withered fig tree on their return to Jerusalem from Bethany Matthew 21:20-22 When the disciples…
Passion Week – Texts that describe what happened on Monday With help from the ESV Study Bible, here’s an attempted harmony/chronology of the words and actions of Jesus on Monday in the final week of his pre-resurrection life. On Monday morning Jesus and the Twelve leave Bethany to return to Jerusalem, and along the way…
Passion Week Schedule Sunday, April 1st : Block Party at Rose Bowl from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.; Bring the whole family for hot dogs, games, and fellowship with our neighbors Monday: Prayer Time in the Sanctuary from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Tuesday: Prayer Time in the Sanctuary from 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m…
Sunday is a very big day in the life of Springs of Grace. 5 BIG EVENTS 1) This Sunday we will have the privilege of sending out Lane and Sarah Frantz and their family in the new work they are beginning out in Kellyville. Several weeks ago, Lane shared with Pastor Joe and then the…
Please take the time to read this and THINK and PRAY and ask God for grace and wisdom and faith to act. You can read it on their blog with all the pictures here: http://thephilpotfamily.blogspot.com/2012/03/dear-trayvons-mom.html March 26, 2012 Dear Trayvon’s Mom I noticed a friend had shared this, and I thought I’d repost it here…
Here’s the Fox News story on Joel Shrum that I spoke of this morning. It seems he ran like the winners run! Now he has the prize – Christ-likeness in the presence of Christ. Al Qaeda-linked group claims it killed American teacher in Yemen for Christian proselytizing Published March 18, 2012 SANAA, Yemen – A…
I want to be a dad like this.
Dad’s, Sing Like You Mean It Because Your Kids Are Watching
by Stephen Altrogge on March 13, 2012
[This was written by a man in my church named Keith McCracken. May we be inspired by the example of Keith’s father.]
My father was a wonderfully eccentric man. He was a quick witted recluse and a virtual Picasso of mechanicalia. He worked third shift (11:00PM to 7:00AM) for 37 years (without missing a day or ever being late) so as to avoid having his talents “supervised into obscurity.” To most people outside of his family he was hard to understand and blissfully unconcerned with anyone else’s opinion of him. But despite all of that he was very overt about his faith in, and love for, our Savior Jesus Christ.