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by sara_graham on April 21, 2012
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community, human trafficking, mercy, outreach, prayer, slavery, video
27 million people are enslaved today – more than any other time in history. Why does this concern us? Listen to the stories below from some of those survivors. Victims are just like you and me. They needed a job. They needed to care for their kids. What would you do to protect your children [...]
by Pastor Curt on March 28, 2012
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discouragement, gospel, idolatry, justification, ministry, New Building, pastoral ministry, prayer
Truth is I need multiple cures for this disease. Most if not all pastors struggle with it. It evidences itself in a tendency to validate one’s existence by perceived success in the gospel work. It shows up a lot on Sunday mornings. We can measure it by how we feel about attendance at our services. [...]
by Pastor Curt on March 24, 2012
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blessing, boldness, fatherhood of God, gospel, prayer
A neighborhood book club simpatico insisted that I just had to read Ken Follet’s Pillars of the Earth. Set in medieval times it tells the long tale (just short of a thousand pages) of the building of a cathedral and all that entailed. I haven’t finished the book yet, but I have found it an interesting [...]
by Matt West on March 16, 2012
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Holy Spirit, intercession, Missions, nations, Operation World, others, prayer
Most of us have met someone who selfishly refers to himself in a large percentage of his conversations. That guy who is ego-centric and doesn’t understand that if something were to happen to him, the world might continue. The earth will revolve around the sun without him, while he feels his specific gravity is essential [...]
by Pastor Curt on February 19, 2012
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authority, character, deity of Christ, faith, farewell discourse, love, mediator, mission, prayer, the name of Jesus
Today’s message from John 14:8-14 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. Our apologies for the lesser quality of the audio. We had to resort to a back up recording source due to a glitch with our primary one. Thank you. Here’s how I summarized the sermon: So what have [...]
by Pastor Curt on January 24, 2012
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Acts, Bible, gospel, John Wesley, prayer, priorities
Sunday’s message is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. We have now completed the New Year’s emphasis on Godward priorities in prayer and the Word. Part three focused on the word of His grace and the importance of regularly putting ourselves under the reading and hearing of the gospel. Oh [...]
by Pastor Curt on January 11, 2012
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Paul Miller, prayer, spiritual disciplines
I continue to feel like God is using Paul Miller’s book A Praying Life in significant ways in my spiritual journey at the top of this new year. That’ true for a variety of reasons, one of which has to do with the balance of his approach between a kind of prayer-without-ceasing-lifestyle approach to intercession [...]
by Pastor Curt on January 10, 2012
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Missions, North Korea, Operation World, prayer
I meant to do this post weeks ago. The holidays and a cruddy cold took care of that notion. Still, anybody who reads a newspaper or watches the news knows that North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong-Il slipped into eternity in December. His son, Kim Jong-Un has succeeded him as the new ruler of one of [...]
by Pastor Curt on January 9, 2012
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Bible, gospel, prayer, priorities
Yesterday’s message from Acts 20:17-38 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. Here’s how I summed up this second installment of what has become a three-part New Year’s mini-series: Given grave threats to the church’s wellbeing, what it needs most is leaders and followers alike who focus on ultimate priorities [...]
by Carissa VanDalen on December 20, 2011
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communication, encouragement, love, Missions, prayer, witness
I regret to admit that my generation has really lost the art of writing a creative and personal letter. My peers and I remember learning to write letters and having pen pals, but we also remember when email was invented (for me, during middle school). Though we have adopted new forms of communication that are [...]
