We cannot deny what this year has been and still continues to be. Pandemic, quarantine, in some countries actual lockdown, death that some try to argue is small in percentage points, but percentage points cannot comfort the grieving and they do not tell the story of how each loss affects us all. We have experienced...
What a promise to hold onto so dearly! Yes, things may be crazy and seem out of control to us, but they are never out of control for the Lord. He is always in control and whatever he does, he does it for his glory and our good. As you prepare for our communion service...
In this week’s sermon, our guest speaker David Cohen shares his testimony on how he, a Jewish young man, came to Christ and how the Lord has been leading him from that point on until now. Being “someone called to equip gentiles churches with the understanding of their position and role within the nation of...
“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command.” John 15:12-14 NIV What a great reminder to know that God took the initiative! When we couldn’t do...
We love talking about being the salt and being the light, but tonight I want to dig a little bit deeper and to really look at what it means for us and what it means for the world around us. Growing up I was not much of a risk taker; I liked to play it...
“For the redemption of their souls is costly.” Psalms 49:8 (NKJV) This is not your typical Christmas verse and yet it is right on point. The coming of Jesus, the King who lives forever, was for this reason, namely to bring redemption to our souls in a very costly way. The laying down of his...
This Saturday, December 5th, from 1:00pm-3:00pm there will be a book signing for Abie’s book, “Thou Art with Me: God’s Heart Revealed through the Psalms ”, at The Rose of Sharon Christian Bookstore, 315 High Street in Burlington. Books will be available for purchase or you may bring one you have already bought for Abie to...
What if the only thing standing between faith and anxiety is our willingness to see things differently? The Bible is filled with things that appear to be dichotomies to us, light in darkness, death from life, calm in chaos. We tend to believe that one of those things needs to be removed so that the...
Two weeks ago, we talked about the death of Jesus. And to the naked eye, Jesus’ death was the outcome of arrogant and jealous religious leaders, a weak politician and a broken system. Without knowing who Jesus was, how Jesus lived and the things Jesus said, his story might just be one of more injustice....
Have you ever been lost? And by lost I mean you had a destination in mind but you just had no idea how to get there. Have you ever been there or have those moments? You know where you want to be and you’re going, but your GPS is not cooperating. It is just spinning...
