A God Who Delights to Make Wrong Things Right

“We serve a God who delights to make wrong things right.”  The words from Dr. Dan Davey’s message have been ringing in my ears this week.  They rang in my ears as I stood with the Emr family and prayed that God would heal little infant, Vera.  I heard them again as I prayed for the Stolvoort family as they hope [...]

What Defines You?

John 17:14-16 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even [...]

Day 5: Consider His Glory – Praise Emphasis Week

Philippians 2:5-11  Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:  Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:  But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:  And being [...]

Par is Not Perfection: Born to LIVE as well as Die

At the Christmas season we often hear the phrase “Born to Die.”  While this is certainly an accurate statement there are other glorious gospel truths that complete the story.  Christ was also born to live for us. Let’s consider three gospel thoughts  (original by Dave Harvey):  par is not perfection, perfection for us, and the [...]

My Jesus Fair

I cannot begin to tell you how happy I am with the introduction of My Jesus Fair to our congregation this past Sunday.  Our quartet did a great job introducing the song and the congregational singing on the final stanza was tremendous!  I mean, we could have kept going and sung the whole song over [...]

Saved By Works

I’ve been doing a lot of reading for a seminary class on the doctrine of salvation, so I figured I would share a particular insight that often gets overlooked when we talk about what Christ did for us: Have you ever wondered why Christ lived 30+ years as a man? Why he gave up His [...]

He Shall Wipe Away All Tears

Special thanks to Jack Kauffman for this guest post. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes…Revelation 21:4 Are you one who weeps easily?  Who sheds a tear at the least provocation?  Our granddaughter, Alana, just two months old is a “screamer”.  She wrinkles her little face into a contortion and then bellows [...]

After The Resurrection

As I write this entry, it is the afternoon following a great Easter Sunday at Bethel.  There was such a good spirit in both services.  Reflecting on yesterday, my mind has been thrown back to the days and weeks immediately following the Lord’s resurrection.  There must have been some real highs and lows during that time.  [...]

Consider Him

“For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds” (Hebrews 12:3). Christ unflinchingly–willingly–faced the horrors of the cross. While we mourn His suffering and the sin that brought it upon Him, we find courage from the fact that Christ endured. He could have walked [...]

The Mind of Christ, My Savior

Do you ever feel like you are on a spiritual  roller coaster? You have the most gentle disposition one moment, and as fast as that first plunge of the coaster you find yourself downright cantankerous. Are there certain days of the week  that you habitually more spiritual than others? If you were to graph your disposition [...]