admin on March 24th, 2010

God has opened up a really neat little door.  I stopped into this care home near our church called Northcrest Senior’s Home and inquired if they had need for a little pastoral care, maybe a devotional, some hymns.  It turns out until last year they had a pastor on fulltime but budget cuts meant they [...]

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admin on March 18th, 2010

Take a look at the latest in our monthly prayer e-newsletter. God bless.

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admin on March 16th, 2010

From Community of Hope.  It too is from the sermon series on Mark called “God of Hope”.  In it, we look at the Triumphal Entry, the Cleansing of the Temple, and this mysterious encounter with a fig tree.  Why did he curse it?  What did it represent?  And what was Jesus trying to teach us [...]

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admin on March 16th, 2010

A sermon from Community of Hope.  The sermon series was from the Gospel of Mark called “God of Hope”.  In it I focused on the confession of Peter – “Who do you say I am?”  Who was he?  And what did that mean?

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admin on March 16th, 2010

A sermon from Community of Hope.  Part of a series on Exodus entitled “From Slavery to Freedom”.  In it I talk about the holiness and majesty of God in dramatic terms and show how the commandments point the way to Jesus.

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admin on March 16th, 2010

This message is less text based and more theology based.  It is again from Community of Hope, a weekend where almost half the church was away at District Conference.  I was home because I was graduating Seminary on the Saturday, and preaching on the Sunday.  My parents and grandparents were in attendance for the first [...]

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admin on March 16th, 2010

My second Sermon ever, again at Community of Hope Church.  Part of a sermon series on the Book of Daniel.  In this message I take a look at the events of Daniel and the Lion’s Den, but look harder at the effect this has on the King and the lessons we can take from his [...]

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admin on March 16th, 2010

My first sermon ever, from Community of Hope Church.  It was part of a sermon series drawn from the Gospel of John.  We look at the Samaritan Woman, who she was, how Jesus responded to her, and how God used her to bring salvation to her whole town.

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admin on March 15th, 2010

If you’d like to listen to an historical retrospective on my preaching you can here.  It goes right back to my very first sermon.  Yikes.  I like to think I’m a little better now. January 27, 2008 – (Gospel of John) The Woman at the Well October 19, 2008 – (Daniel) Faith that Saved a King April [...]

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I can’t believe how fast time is flying by.  We’re seriously busy right now with trying to get our house on the market.  We have about a half dozen major renovation projects on the go right now.  Maybe I am hopelessly optimistic but I still believe we can get it on the market by this [...]

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