We're back in the Gospel of Luke this week. It's a long series, this series, on the life of Christ,Walking with Jesus: A Year with the Savior.We're inLuke 7:36-50and we come across two notorious sinners. One sinner everyone knows is notorious, the other sinner everyone knows is not. But Jesus knows that thoughts and attitudes of us all, including these two notorious sinner...

I hope that you had a blessed Easter holiday! This week, we come to Luke 8:18-35. In this passage, we find that John the Baptist has sent messengers to confirm that Jesus is the Messiah. Now, this struck me as somewhat odd since John knows deep down in his soul that Jesus is the one he's been waiting for. But then I realized that I often do exactly what John did whenever m...

This Sunday is Easter. This is the day we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior with the great cry,"Christ is Risen!" To which the answer is"He is Risen Indeed!" It is one of my favorite days of the year, for all of our faith depends on the truth of this great day.So this Sunday, we're continuing our series on the life of Christ,Walking with Jesus: A Year with ...

Thanks to everyone who continues to pray for and provide for Joanne. She is doing much better, and she can "try" to start walking with a boot this week. Please pray that goes well.This Sunday we come to another one of many teachings of Jesus, that, truth be told, we would probably rather not hear, and largely don't understand. We will be back in another part of the Sermon ...

A quick reminder that there is an open house/reception at the Rist House tomorrow (Friday, March 15) from 4-6:30pm, with a devotional and prayer time at 5:30pm. I'd encourage you to spend some time with your church family as we grieve together the passing of Iris Dillard. And we grieve not so much for her death, because she is alive and rejoicing with her savior, but for o...

Thanks to everyone who continues to pray for and provide for Joanne. We are overwhelmed and amazed by your kindness.This Sunday we come to one of many teachings of Jesus, that, truth be told, we would probably rather not hear. Jesus takes the teaching of the Pharisees and turns it on its head. But He does it in an arena that is up close and personal. He challenges our acti...

Thanks to everyone who has continued to pray for and provide for Joanne.It is much appreciated.She started physical and occupational therapy this week, but it's very slow until she can start bearing weight on that leg.So, we're still taking things a week at a time. This Sunday we come to the second of many scenes where something Jesus does is challenged.Once again, we fin...

March is upon us already!It's hard to believe, but we're only about a month away from Palm Sunday and Easter!If you haven't already, please mark down that we're going to be having a Good Friday service at 6:30pm on March 29th at Harper Park Middle School.It is a wonderful way to prepare our hearts to rightly celebrate Easter. And as we march our way through Jesus's life, ...

Thanks to everyone who's been praying and providing for Joanne. It is much appreciated. It will be a long road to a full recovery.This Sunday we come to another event that Jesus is well known for His calling of the first group of disciples. But how He does it is what's striking here. Remember Jesus was a carpenter from Nazareth (an inland village) who comes to the Sea of ...

Thanks to all who have been praying for Joanne.I'll keep you updated on our FB group and Realm. This Sunday we've come to something that Jesus is well known for His healing of those who are physically suffering.Jesus meets several people that others don't want to be around.And while He heals many people in the gospels, we're going to look at two in particular one leper,...