Personal Worship (Page 21)

Hey Church! In addition to wrapping up our series on the book of Isaiah, we also plan to observe a time of prayer for the persecuted Church this Sunday. It may surprise you to learn that the persecution of our spiritual family is one of the biggest human rights crises of our time. The 2021 World Watch list reports the following statistics.* In just the last year……

Hey Church! We will have the opportunity to receive a fresh grace from God through communion this Sunday. Think about it: we will get to hear, see, smell, taste, and touch the holy Word of God this weekend. In an age where information has been so severely cheapened by the absurd number of options that are immediately available to us, it is easy to take for granted this…

Hey Church! There is a Christian doctrine known as the “Perseverance of the Saints” that is not often discussed in popular circles and yet is an indispensable pillar of our faith. In short, it means that one who is authentically saved by grace through faith in Jesus cannot lose their salvation. Though a saved person falls into temptation, or even lives in…

Hey Church! We learned a new song back in July called “Amen (Simple Gospel)” by Kari Jobe and I thought a brief review of the meaning of the word “amen” might be helpful in preparing our minds to sing it together on Sunday.  The meaning of the Hebrew word, אָמֵן֙ (Pronounced ah-mayn), carries a sense of truth, certainty, and agreement. The same…

Hey Church! The brilliant theologian and pastor, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, was only 39 years old when he was executed by hanging. It was the morning of April 9th, 1945, when this public enemy of the Nazi regime was finally silenced once and for all. Or so it would seem to any who were there to witness such a gruesome, dark morning. Dietrich could not know it then but the world…