Devotionals
2016 Advent Daily Readings
The Advent season is here! To help us all prepare for the coming of the Christ child, consider using this devotional as a guide for your daily readings.
Read MoreLent Primer 2016
Lent Primer 2016 Please see the 2016 Lenten Guide here. It includes an overview of the meaning of Lent, making the most of Lent, and a schedule of our Lenten services. We hope this guide will be helpful and give you some ways to reflect on what it means to follow Christ through Lent.
Read MoreLent 2013 Lectionary Bookmark
We’ve created a simple Lent Lectionary schedule you can see the full version of here and view or download and print as a bookmark. We hope it’s a helpful guide to take you through John’s Gospel during Lent and give you some ways to reflect on what it means to follow Christ through Lent. Lent Lectionary bookmark…
Read MoreGod's Hidden Deliverances
By Matthew Mason. This is part of a series of posts on 1 Samuel, supplementing messages in our preaching series this fall. In this post we consider 1 Samuel 27-30. In chapters 24 and 26, when Saul was given into David’s hands, David refused to take revenge. But even after this, Saul still sought his…
Read MoreLearning from a Knucklehead
By Matthew Mason. This is part of a series of posts on 1 Samuel, supplementing messages in our preaching series this fall. In this post we consider 1 Samuel 25. 1 Samuel 24 and 26 tell very similar stories. In both chapters, Saul pursues David, seeking to get his hands on him, but instead, God…
Read MoreWhy Has God Wrecked My Perfect Life?
By Aaron Damiani. This is part of a series of posts on 1 Samuel, supplementing messages in our preaching series this fall. In this post we consider 1 Samuel 21-22. Some of us have memory of a better time. Perhaps you can recall a season of your life when all seemed to be right, especially…
Read MorePerseverance in Christ
By Dan Claire. This is part of a series of posts on 1 Samuel, supplementing messages in our preaching series this fall. In this post we consider 1 Samuel 16:14-23. “Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it. Prone to leave the God I love.” –from “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing,” 1757. Few lines better capture…
Read MoreQualifications for Power
By Aaron Damiani. This is part of a series of posts on 1 Samuel, supplementing messages in our preaching series this fall. I love to read political memoirs. They are better than fiction. What happens when two or more people grasp for the same trophy of power? I read political memoirs to get my answer.…
Read MoreThe dangerous priority of worship
By Matthew Mason. This is part of a series of posts on 1 Samuel, supplementing messages in our preaching series this fall. Saul’s sins in 1 Samuel 13-15 follow a progression—a sin of worship leads first to sins against his family and nation, and then to a sin in relation to the pagan nations. This…
Read MoreWinning the Battle and Losing the Kingdom
By Dan Claire. This is part of a series of posts on 1 Samuel, supplementing messages in our preaching series this fall. Today we consider 1 Samuel 13-14.
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