Who Is the HERO in Your Life Devotional
July 10th, 2025
Each week we'll post five days of devotional thoughts to help you make more of the opportunity for growth each Snday sermon provides. This week's sermon, the first in a series of eight from the Old Testament book of Daniel, coems form Daniel chatper 1 and asks, "Who is the HERO in your life?" Day 1: God as Our HeroReading: Daniel 1:1-21Devotional: As we read about Daniel's resolve to remain faithf...
Have Mercy
May 12th, 2025
At its core, mercy is God's goodness applied to our badness, His love applied to our sin, and His grace applied to our guilt....
Prayer for the National Day of Prayer
May 6th, 2025
This is the text of the prayer we offered at the opening o f the Naitonal Day of Prayer on the steps of the Cook County, MN courthouse on Thuesday May 1, 2025 at noon: Psalm 24:1 (ESV) The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, Daniel 2:21 (ESV) He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge ...
The One Spiritual Experience Every Human Shares
April 29th, 2025
I suppose, if people today had a favorite Psalm in the Bible, they would identify Psalm 23 as their favorite . . . or at least the one they've heard about.Psalm 23:1-6 (KJV) The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, ...
“STILL” (A Beautful Kick in the Seat of Our Spiritual Pants)
April 23rd, 2025
James 1:27 (ESV) Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.Picture a man in a pure white suit replete with cumberbund, top hat, tails, and an alabaster walking cane with a golden parrot head knob. The man in your mind walks on the sidewalk in front of a row of houses, not delap...