Welcome and happy Easter! I pray that you are all doing well and that the hope of Christ is alive and well in your heart on this Easter Sunday. As we worship, celebrate, and enjoy the beauty of life and creation, I pray that you will feel the depth and the magnitude of the sacrifice …
“O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away. You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, O Lord, you know …
Good morning, Church! Today John is preaching about the story of Ruth and Boaz from the Bible and the twentieth century artist Marc Chagall. As we talk about art, love, and sacrifice, I pray that we would see all these things not only in the paintings that John is sharing with us, but also in …
Good morning, Church! Today we are continuing with our series on knowing God through art. As such, I decided to make this blog a little bit different this week. While our series is specifically looking at knowing God in visual art, mostly the work of famous painters, I wanted to share some of musical art …
Good morning, Church, and Welcome! This week we are moving into a series on engaging with God through art. John’s message this week is talking about knowing God in the work of the renowned Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. Part of the beauty in van Gogh’s work is in the way he paints and portrays …
“Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no Good apart from you.” As for the holy ones in the land, they are the noble, in whom is all my delight. Those who choose another God multiply their sorrows; their drink offerings …
“Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped. For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For they had no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek. …
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“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. There is a river whose streams make glad the …
“I lift my eyes up to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; …
Good morning, Church, and welcome! This week our message comes from one of John’s pre-recorded “infill sermons” that are from past sermons he has given. Diverging from our ten commandments series this week, today John is talking about the evidence of God in the human knee. Every once in a while I look at my …