• Apr2020

    The Lord is Greater Than All gods The exodus from Egypt is much more than a struggle against evil. It is about a people becoming a nation, God showing Himself to be the powerful God that He is, and it is about God revealing Himself to -and His expectations of-...

  • Mar2020

    Life Has Changed

    March 27, 2020

    John 14:27:  Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. Being in the Twin Cities last week was weird. There was no rush hour. Like Rapid...

  • This is the holy time of the year for Jews and Gentiles alike: Passover, Good Friday, Resurrection Day and (for some) Lent. So, we’re going to spend a little time in Exodus because it is the key to this part of the calendar. In the early church, up until the...

  • Do The Right Thing

    March 17, 2020

    It can be scary when God calls on us to do something for Him. Whether it is to simply reach out to a neighbor in need, or to study Scripture with somebody new, or to take the ethical high road, doing His will – as the Holy Spirit leads –...

  • Dec2019

    Jesus the Messiah is Born

    December 17, 2019

    Christmas is the time most people think about the baby in the manger, giving gifts, giving to charities and a season for being nicer to each other. It is the season of short days and long nights made brighter by Christmas lights, love and joy of the season. We don’t...

  • Mar2019

    God’s Holy Name

    March 30, 2019

    Prayer should take up a large part of a Christian’s life. The Apostle Paul wrote that we should pray without ceasing and give thanks for all things (Colossians 3:17, 1 Thess 5:17-18 and Psalm 86:12). What do we prayer for? How encompassing is the list of things to pray for?...

  • Acts 8:32–35: Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he opens not his mouth. In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation?...

  • Jan2019

    Many of us are working on resolutions for the New Year as the calendar flips to 2019. We’re trying to come up with one resolution that we can keep – certainly not losing weight or eating healthy (we’ll break those before week’s end). Experts say that folks stop working out...

  • Nov2018

    There is an ancient holy chorus that worships God while it reveals our sin. And when we enter heaven we will hear the same chorus. We sometimes sing the Reginald Heber hymn “Holy, Holy, Holy” in church, raising the anthem in worship as a congregation. We sing it as an...