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Apr 2021
The 4th Sunday of Easter – April 25, 2021 The size of the Christian Church has been dwindling in recent years. The influence of the church on politics has also diminished. Some academics have theorized that the Christian Church is no longer relevant to people. This misses the fact that faith is not something we decide. Faith is an idea that happens because of God’s influence on our hearts. Even people that reject Christianity share the values that originated with the Christian faith. God can change our hearts and turn us into......
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April 18, 2021
Defeating Fear and Doubt
Summary: Fear is the anticipation of a threat. It can be a good thing to help us avoid unnecessary problems or trials. Doubt can also be useful to help us to understand the truth of...
April 04, 2021
Easter – “The Great Awakening”
Easter Sunday – April 4, 2021 There were two periods of “awakening” in American history. The people who experienced “awakening” were going through hardships. Their search for “new life was a search for something deeper. ...
March 13, 2021
Lent 4 – Is God Shouting at Us?
Summary: In today’s old testament lesson, we hear of many of the hardships God’s people had to endure after leaving Egypt. Many felt angry and victimized, until Moses was able to secure healing by raising...
January 16, 2021
Access to Heaven
Today’s gospel lesson from John comes at the very beginning of Jesus’s ministry. This passage is providing a preview of Jesus’ resurrected body and what all of us have to look forward to in heaven....
October 30, 2020
November 1: What is a Saint?
Summary: What is a saint? The Reformation ushered in a new idea of who could be considered a saint. All who live in Christ are considered saints, but we are also sinners due to the...
October 09, 2020
October 11, 2020 – The Final Victory
Summary: Why do bad things happen to good people? Philosophers have offered many different theories on the answer to this question over the ages. Christianity defines “good people” as not those who commit good deeds,...
July 23, 2020
July 26th Predestined to Become Christ-like
Sunday July 26, 2020 – The 8th Sunday after Pentecost Summary: Pastor Dan discusses the concept of predestination, as described by the Apostle Paul in the book of Romans. We are all predetermined to belong...
July 17, 2020
July 19: Preserved in Hope
Pastor Dan discusses Jesus’s parable about the coexistence of good and evil in the world, or “good seeds” and “weeds” as described in Matthew, chapter 13. As Christians we should not despair, but live in...
