Destined to Win (my Portland Marathon experiences)
Ephesians 2:10
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
God has created you to do specific things. These are moments of destiny. Christian theology includes doctrines of predestination, election, and sovereignty. We believe that we will fulfill our destiny through obedience, as long as we don’t mess things up with our free will. This tension is the focus of a theological debate that has been going on for centuries without a winner. Most would agree that much of our destiny has to do with who […]
The Good Neighbor
This is our full service from this past weekend. I believe this is an important word for the church right now.
In this the end?
Acts 2:19-21
God says, in the last days…
I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord. and everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Add to the fires, a global pandemic, civil unrest, anger, and conflict.
People are wondering, what is going on? What is happening?
Without a doubt, we are living in the last days. Every day we are one day closer […]
The Tide
Where I grew up, Tom Sawyer did not read like fiction. It mirrored the life of my childhood on the South Slough. I was raised in a small house on three acres surrounded by endless wilderness and water. It cultivated in me an appreciation for the outdoors. It birthed in me the pursuit of adventure and exploration. It has always appeared to me that God unceasingly beckons us to adventure, exploration, and the enjoyment of the beauty of our surroundings. I have often wondered if we are guilty of sin by ignoring this majesty and the peace of God that […]