I have a book in my library called The Waters That Divide. It isn’t a book about the Red Sea but rather about the waters of baptism and how churches have understood baptism differently over the centuries. Some churches have tied their practice of baptism to church tradition while others have been swayed by what…
Author: Pastor Matt Clausen
Matt Clausen grew up in St. Cloud and graduated from Yale University, where he earned a degree in history. He received his Master of Divinity and Doctorate of Ministry degrees from Bethel Seminary. For 17 years, Matt served as pastor at First Baptist Church of Minneapolis. In the fall of 2017, he became the Lead Campus Pastor at Friendship Church in Prior Lake. Matt is married to his high school sweetheart and they have two kids.
Prophecy
When I was a kid, I grew up in a church that frequently spoke about prophecy. We had prophecy weekends, special prophecy speakers and prophecy studies. The teaching and studies about prophecy always related to the events around the second coming of Jesus and almost always included charts, graphs, specific fulfillment dates and predictions related…
Palm Sunday
The Sunday, one week before Easter, is often referred to as Palm Sunday. For centuries it has served as a day that the church remembers Jesus’ final entry into Jerusalem before His death and resurrection. It was just before this entry into Jerusalem that Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. John 11:18 teaches us that…
Lent – How could we observe it?
Hello Friends. I am excited to introduce our first ever Friendship Church Blog. It is the first of many. We will be posting a new blog every week with different topics related to God, the church, daily life and growing in our faith. We trust that these writings will be helpful to you knowing more…