Volume increases. Instrumental strings sound out in combination of a low keyboard pad with the note progression D-F-G. The drummer comes in quietly with a minimal beat, only hitting on the two and four counts. By now, if you have heard the song before, you already know the lyrics that are coming. You are here…
Category: Faith
New Beginnings
(Key Verses: John 8:1-11, John 4:1-42, 1 Peter 1:3, and 2 Corinthians 5:17) I think Easter is the best day of the year. I believe it’s the best because it’s the day we get to celebrate Jesus defeating sin and death! Easter is a wonderful day of celebration not just because of what Jesus did,…
The ONLY Hope
All our Easter celebrations are going to look different this year. There will be no community wide Easter egg hunts. People will not gather for church on Easter morning with hundreds of other worshipers while being dressed in their Easter finest. Churches that bring in live animals on Easter will need to leave them in…
The Last Supper
“For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Let us therefore celebrate the Festival” 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 (ESV) I can remember my favorite meal of all time. A friend had invited me on a trip to Germany, Austria and Switzerland. We had rented a car in Munich and drove to the Bavarian Alps. At lunch…
Grace
Have you ever had the thought “I wish my church could be more like the church of the first century?” What did you have in mind? Were you thinking of a closely knit community of believers who were radically committed to each other and they were turning the community upside down with the Gospel? Unfortunately,…