A few weeks ago was the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. Our church watched a brief video about Brother Andrew, the founder of Open Doors, and author of God’s Smuggler. For Americans, this is usually a day when we think about things happening somewhere else. While persecution is more and more a …
Our church has been working through the book of Ezekiel the last few weeks together. If you are not familiar with this amazing book of prophecy, I encourage you to take a couple of weeks and read through it. Chapter 5 ends with these words: 13 “Thus shall my anger spend itself, and I will …
The following is an excerpt from Pastor Josh’s recent sermon on Psalm 1 Have you ever been to a bookstore and seen an old classic book with a new cover and been tempted to buy it? And then you think, “I guess I should get the whole series with these sharp new covers.” And then, …
Below is a short excerpt from Pastor Josh Moore’s recent sermon “Glorifying God in our Work” As we turn now to God’s word I want all of us to engage in a quick exercise. Grab a pew bible and open it up right to the beginning there. Go to page 2. You should see Genesis …
Do you have a favorite bible story? If I had to pick one, it would probably the story of Jesus appearing to the two disciples walking along on the road to Emmaus in Luke 24. My wife and I love this story so much we named our son “Emmaus”. The Supper at Emmaus There’s a …
In Psalm 63 David declares: “Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.” He goes on: “My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips…” Take a guess where David was at that moment? You might think, he’s in …
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“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things …
Our refrigerator died again this week. We saw the writing on the wall when it started making a clunking sound a couple of weeks ago. Thankfully, up here in Vermont where it’s really cold in the Fall and Winter this is not a huge problem since we can just put our food out on our …
I’ve been studying the book of Ecclesiastes over the last few weeks. One of the common refrains heard throughout the book is “everything is meaningless!” Unlike the Psalmist who looks out at the world and sees beauty (see Psalm 104 for instance), the “Preacher” (1:1, 2, 12; 7:27; 12:8, 9) in Ecclesiastes sees meaningless repetition …
