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The Amazing Love of God for His People

Hesed- God’s Loyal, Steadfast, Covenant Love The Hebrew word “hesed” is crucial to the theme of the book of Ruth.  This word is translated in a variety of ways in English translations. Faithfulness, steadfast love, and lovingkindness are a few of the phrases used.  Hesed describes the unending, unfailing love which God has for his…

Prayer underlies everything else

In January we began with messages on the Lord’s Prayer.  Pastor Marcus Gainey preached from 1 Samuel chapter one on Hannah’s prayer.  Often we get busy doing ministry, without first stopping and taking time to pray.  As the year begins, I want to emphasize the importance of prayer, and how prayer relates to other aspects of our relationship with God. The well known…

Why is Forgiveness So Hard?

Jesus taught his followers to forgive one another and even to love their enemies. Why is forgiveness so difficult? What prevents us from forgiving others when we have been wronged or sinned against? Here are a few starters- – Holding something over someone appeals to our sin-nature & our pride.– We want the other person to admit the wrongdoing is all their…

Worship Leader

Meet Worship Leader Daniel Hagan

My Biography & Testimony If there has been one constant interest in my life, besides following God, it’s been music. There are many home videos of little baby me, unable to talk yet and barely able to walk, popping in a Gaither Vocal Band tape into the TV/VCR. I would clap my hands and stomp…

Deep Mercy

Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy- A Review

Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy- Discovering the Grace of Lament, by Mark Vroegop My family and I enjoyed Pixar’s animated movie Inside Out:  Eleven year-old Riley and her family move from placid Minnesota to urban San Francisco, and the movie takes place inside Riley’s mind.  Her emotions of Joy, Anger, Fear, Disgust, and Sadness all shape…

“Let’s be biblical”

What does it mean for something to be biblical? Watch more from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School- Interview with Dean Dr. David Pao Read more from Pastor Jim Folk- Jesus, James, and Paul on assurance of Salvation

Global Fingerprints- Over 5,000 Children Sponsored

Care Workers Share Christ with Children. Children reach out to other Kids. We can’t emphasize enough how important Care Workers are in the ministry of GlobalFingerprints. When a child is sponsored, they are assigned a GlobalFingerprints Care Worker who meets with them and their family about once a month to assess the child’s well-being. These…