The Easter season is a great time to focus in on our ideas of God – and on our relationship with Him. Following are some thoughts I wrote for our April Newsletter, the ECHO, about the Lord’s resurrection as it is described in the Gospels. About the Lord’s Resurrection There is as you may know […]
Why do we feature a white horse and two interlocking letters, rather than the traditional symbol of the cross? There are several reasons. First, the horse is a Biblical symbol for the power of understanding, and the white horse described in the Book of Revelation represents the power of a pure, true understanding. This is […]
In a political and social environment where people are inclined to select their truth from any number of conflicting sources, and where “fake news” is the indictment most used to discredit information we don’t like, it can be difficult to sort fact from fiction. But the truth matters, and ignorance or misunderstanding can hurt us […]
Quite apart from the fact that our Lord clearly warns against any attempt to address violence with violence (Matthew 5:38-42), it is our considered opinion that school safety ultimately depends on the cultivation of a strong culture of charity – among the students themselves and between all the students and staff. More guns in schools […]
February 14th, 2018 If there’s one thing sacred in the spiritual and practical life of the church it is marriage – and all the expressions of intimacy that belong to the realm of marriage. In fact, we are one of very few churches in the world that teach the potential for marriage with all its […]
There’s an old cartoon that features a man after death arriving in heaven, asking God why He permitted so many crimes and atrocities in the world he had just come from. In the next frame we see God saying, “That’s funny, I was going to ask YOU the same thing.” God permits all sorts of […]
July 20, 2016 – It is with profound sadness, grief, and concern for our nation that we mark the the series of incidents of racially charged homicides in our country. As we know, actions like this are permitted in Divine Providence for the sake of human free-will, and also for the reason that they expose […]
Festival services include special events and activities. Like most Christians we recognize special occasions like Thanksgiving, Christmas, Palm Sunday and Easter with distinctive customs especially geared to families with young children.
Cleansing truth from the WORD… is like the water we use to wash away filthy things. Sunday worship, which included an infant baptism was all about washing, not just baptism, which is a special kind of washing, but washing in the way the Jewish people used to do it, the way the Lord Himself did […]
We are also to lay down our lives for our friends… The Lord Himself said that there is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for his friends”? In this week’s sermon “No Greater Love” I discuss how the two teachings fit together, and challenges all of us always to serve the Lord, that is, […]
“How can I really know whether I am inwardly alright or not? How can I be sure?” (Read more)… This week’s sermon: Know Yourself, by Rev. Michael D. Gladish Only the Lord can discern perfectly what’s in our hearts, but He gives us tools and clear signs that point us in the right direction. Some of these […]
Evil, disorder and tragedy are real problems…. Nothing we think or say can diminish that fact. But the Lord urgently teaches us that He permits no evil unless some good can come out of it. What is that good? Read more in this week’s sermon: 7 Ways to Benefit from Evil
It’s NOT EASY to let go of our preconceived ideas… In Matthew 21, we read about the Lord entering Jerusalem amid great joy and celebration, but knowing that He would soon be crucified. His actions from that time on did nothing to appease those who hated Him. What does His driving out of the money-changers […]
Did you know that there is an inward kind of peace and… happiness – that we may not even notice in ourselves? Why is that? And what good is it, anyway, if we’re not aware of it? This week’s sermon looks into this from a deeper, spiritual perspective and may bring some comfort if you […]
