by Brian | Dec 25, 2013 | Meditations
A thought for Christmas day, when we celebrate one of the most shocking things God ever did, namely, invade our world to save us by becoming one of us. This is from the classic book by church father Athanasius, On the Incarnation of the Word: Some may then ask,...
by Brian | Dec 23, 2013 | Missions
Julianne Heilman is one of our friends from the young adults fellowship who’s serving the Lord in another country. If you haven’t seen it yet, here’s her latest blog post: “You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in...
by Brian | Dec 19, 2013 | Culture, Current Events
On Friday last week my new issue of Time magazine arrived with a painting of Pope Francis on the cover, because he’s Time’s 2013 “Person of the Year.” I read and highlighted the cover story, because it’s fascinating and, I think,...
by Brian | Dec 18, 2013 | Announcements
I forgot to announce this on Monday… but we will have Young Adults this coming Monday (12/23) It’s the night before Christmas Eve, so most of us will be at church the next day singing and thinking Christmas (that’s why we did our singing night this...
by Brian | Dec 18, 2013 | Monday Study Notes
It was a great time with everyone at the first Young Adults Christmas Hymnsing on Monday night. Good to see so many back from school, and to sing out praise to our God for coming to be with us. Here’s the study from the evening, starting with the scriptures we...