Focusing on the theme of love today is most definitely low-hanging fruit for the Church. Borrowing from Isaiah 55, I’d have God say this: “My love is not your love,…
A key component of God’s intricate plan of salvation is for his church, his bride, to live out her physical life in the world without allowing her soul to be…
To the poor, the lonely, the abused, the abandoned, the depressed, the very idea of a faithful God can seem like twisted humor; something available to everybody else, but not…
Living with God’s Goodness ________________ @_______________ The Sadducees and Pharisees of Jesus’ day lived next door to God’s goodness, admiring it, teaching about it, reverencing it, but they contented themselves…
Jesus is famous or he is infamous. He cannot be innocuous. Everything about him from his birth, his lifestyle, his teachings, his Divinity, his cross, his resurrection, his Church, are…
Hidden by the Forcefield of Jesus’ Love Pastor Don Freeman We come each Sunday to pray, to worship, to heal, to be challenged and refreshed by God’s Word. The need…
In his stupefying, open vision recorded in the book of Revelation (ch.19), the Apostle John sees a rider called Faithful and True seated on a white horse. His eyes are…
The Risk to Us The darkness is deep, but Light still pierces it. Evil is rampant, but God’s radiant glory covers the earth as the waters cover the sea. Injustice,…
Jesus’ childhood, youth and early adulthood benefited from the love and security of family and close-knit community in the backwoods of Israel, in Galilee, where city folks would have referred…
Vineyard Church of the Peninsula December 13, 2020 The Risk of Joseph The next person in the Christmas story had a similarly challenging series of hurdles to clear as did…