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Embracing Holiness

January 4, 2012

The key to Holy Living is understanding our inheritance as sons of God. Holiness is not a result of something we have done, it is caused by what Someone else has done. I was thinking of calling the newsletter and our theme for the year Running after Holiness – but that is wrong. Even the [...]

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Impossible

December 7, 2011

         I recently watched a video of a teenage girl from Chicago who decided to do something that most would consider impossible.  But through her determination, her refusal to give up, and her passion for the project, she accomplished something more informed people would have told her she could not do. Unless [...]

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Do you want to grow in your relationship with Jesus?

November 17, 2011

Do you want to grow in your relationship with Jesus?  In John chapter 5 we read of Jesus approaching a crippled man who was lying near a pool of water that was thought to heal any sickness, if only one could get in the pool, when the water was supposedly stirred by an angel.  The [...]

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Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani

November 17, 2011

How you can help Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani
As you know, the Iranian government arrested Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani in October 2009—he was tried and found guilty of “apostasy” and was told he faced a death-by-hanging sentence unless he renounced his faith and converted to Islam. Pastor Nadarkhani is currently being held in prison in Rasht and [...]

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Oct 11: STOP DATING THE CHURCH

October 4, 2011

The title of this newsletter is the title of a book I am urging our church to read. The subtitle reads “Fall in Love with the Family of God”. The book is written by a young Pastor, Joshua Harris, who has done the church a great service by helping us see the Biblical priority of [...]

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Sept 11: A NEW COMMITMENT

October 1, 2011

A New Commitment
I wonder if I am the only one.  I don’t believe so.  God is doing something very special in our church lately.  The new people I have met recently excite me very much.  I see them fitting in with the rest of us in a way that will help change us for the [...]

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From the Pastor’s desk: Encouragement from Charlie

August 11, 2011

It was one of those mornings where I sat down to have a little quiet time and before I knew it, I was reminiscing and pondering aspects of my life. I imagine the reason for this would be that I came to a milestone in my life two days ago. I guess it just dawned [...]

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Aug 11: We Need One Another

July 28, 2011

I have thought for years about what causes depression and anxiety, particularly among Christians.  I took a course called “Psychology/Theology Integration” in graduate school.  We discussed the causes of different psychiatric issues and how to solve them.  At the time there were two best selling books that suggested psychotherapy was no better at solving people’s [...]

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July 11: God Bless America

July 1, 2011

I just returned from Siberia and mentioned in my returning sermon how much I had benefited from being out of this great country.  I visited the churches in Ulan-Ude and Horinsk, Siberia.  In Horinsk I felt like a time traveler back to the 1800’s, with a mix of the modern.  There were cars, trucks, and [...]

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What is the Gospel?

June 7, 2011

“What is the Gospel?” – adapted from the teaching by Pastor Carl Dixon June 5, 2011 – with unapologetic plagiarism from the 128 PP. book What is the Gospel? by Greg Gilbert
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Q: What is the Gospel?
A: “It is believing in the Lord!”
The Word Gospel means Good News.
It [...]

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