As we wrap up our series on Ephesians today, I pray that you were encouraged and challenged as we learned about what Church is.  Church isn’t a place where you do your spiritual shopping, get what you need and leave, but it’s a community of God (household of God even!) that walks the journey of faith together to build each other up…

“First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.  This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior.” (1 Tim 2:1-3).  So in other words,…

The last two days 2 members of FG, 2 from Y2, and 3 from Y1 went to the Annual Conference at Westminster Seminary CA in Escondido, CA.  In commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the protestant reformation, the theme of the conference was “Is the Reformation Over?”  The conference was great and the talks were very educational and challenging, but the fellowship…

Daily Devotions are more than a single verse and not like a bible study.  But it’s a passage of scripture where you are able to meditate on (ideally throughout the day) and make it a part of your thinking, your worldview.  When you have a whole congregation doing this together, it’s powerful.  It can change the culture within a church, and it’ll…

With all its glitz and flash, the irony of newness is that though people get excited for new things, it also comes with a lot of uncertainty.  So we ought to think twice about always slipping into the “new is better” mantra.  But, because we believe in a God that is sovereign, we can rejoice in newness because we know that amidst…