God doesn’t always lead his people down the easiest path. When following the Lord becomes difficult, we can certainly depend on God to fight for us, but we have to keep moving forward by faith. After watching a Shake-n-Shine recap video, Ben recognized Dylan Bailey who was award the Blackmon Scholarship. You can read his powerful essay here. We then …
Knee-deep in the Passover today. God showed his power among the Israelites and the Egyptians with the plagues, and yet, in his final plague, he also showed his great mercy as he passed over the people who were covered by the blood of the sacrificial lamb. We began today’s services by singing “Pass Me Not” and “Agnus Dei.” Someone stated …
Thursday, Jeff and I had lunch with a dear friend who is going through some very difficult times. Looking for encouragement and hope, he said, “I’m coming to North Side on Sunday. You better have an encouraging word for me! What are you preaching on?” Jeff and I looked at each other and immediately started laughing. “We are focusing on …
Without a doubt, God still calls people today just as sure as He called Moses. In fact, He still calls them to do the same things that He called Moses to do. This service will hopefully help us to recognize that call and respond appropriately. We started our time together by singing “New Doxology” and “Never Seen the Righteous Forsaken” in …
Today’s services examined the perfect timing of God, the people who God uses, and the preparation that God often puts people through before He uses them. All of these things can be rather curious at times when viewed from a human perspective, but rather rewarding when seen through the eyes of faith (Exodus 1-2). It was great to be back. It …
It is not unusual for life to turn bleak and dark, if not even bitter, in a matter of moments. Blessings that God gives, and we are thankful for, can disappear without a moment’s notice. Such times call for a mature faith. This message examines what such a faith look like (Exodus 1:1-14). I hated to be away from North …
The picture above was taken last Saturday in our backyard. Amanda and the boys went out to lunch to spend some time together. I was enjoying some one-on-one time with my little girl, Gloria.
With a list a mile long of things that needed to get done or could get done, I was very tempted to set her in front of something that would occupy her attention while I worked.
As a progress-aholic, I am used to taking such steps. Last Saturday, the Holy Spirit and Gloria wouldn’t let me.
As Moses approached the Red Sea, a nation of followers anxiously awaited his next move while an army of vengeful Egyptians pursued them ever more closely. While Israel became uneasy and demanded Moses to do something, his response was a shock then and it is to so many of us:
“The LORD will fight for you when you keep silent” (Ex 14:14).
At that point, Moses stretched out his arms and waited for God to come through and deliver them.
The problem with us is we think we are a better fighter than God.
Something is wrong with the world as we know it.
Facebook has changed yet again, and the Facebook community is in a tizzy. Disgust and outrage fill status feeds, news reports, and paper headlines. How dare Mark Zuckerberg keep changing a good thing?
Within days of the Facebook mutiny, global Star Wars fans are distraught that George Lucas has changed scenes yet again in his recent Blu-Ray versions of the Star Wars saga. Tinkering with some effects is one thing, but when he started changing details in the story lines reopened the scab for those still upset that Han Solo was “provoked” by Greedo.
So, let me get this straight. Most of the world is hooked on Facebook. Created by brilliant college student, Facebook is the way people attempt to share life these days and is the most visited website in the world. It has literally changed how people function in our society. And we are mad at the guy who made it because he changed it?
George Lucas, who single handedly changed the movie industry, wrote a script that millions of fans have memorized. When he decides to enhance a story that he wrote, we get mad at him for changing what we like as if he has no rights to the story.
The outrage this week reminded me how we think we are the center of the universe.
Last night in C-Group, we spent some extra time studying Exodus 32 concerning the Israelites fashioning the golden calf when Moses was MIA from the group for too long. Moses is receiving the 10 commandments and other important info from the LORD Himself, and the people get restless. They encourage Aaron to help God out, and so Aaron gets everyone
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