The following is a modified excerpt of a sermon preached by Pastor Josh in January of 2025. At times we erect monuments to remember things we don’t want to forget. We feel that it is so important that we want it etched in stone for everyone to see and remember whenever they pass by. Here […]
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If you are like me, you may come from a tradition that does not celebrate Epiphany or that views many of the Christian feasts with suspicion. In recent years I have come to appreciate the Christian calendar and to see beauty in marking time by the acts of God in history. So what is Epiphany?
This post was originally published at the start of the Advent season in 2022. A few weeks ago was the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. Our church watched a brief video about Brother Andrew, the founder of Open Doors, and author of God’s Smuggler. For Americans, this is usually a day when
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Maybe the greatest challenge of the Advent and Christmas season is to keep its true meaning in front of us. What is Advent really about? Why the trees and the presents and the caroling and the parties? Why all the hullabaloo? The word advent means “coming.” What’s coming? Who’s coming? Well, when you come to
Like many churches in the Western Hemisphere, when late October rolls around they begin talking about the Reformation. Many of these churches, like ours, put on events celebrating the Reformation. It is not uncommon that as I’m telling someone in our community about the event they ask, “What is the Reformation?” I’m going to try and
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The resurrection is one of the most central beliefs in Christianity. It is also one of the most disputed. Among the unchurched there is a commonly held conviction that the miraculous claims of the Christian faith were non-historical amendments created after the fact by religious zealots “with an agenda.” For these folks, the resurrection would
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