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But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. | Romans 6:22–23 On Sunday, we […]

Last weekend was the women’s retreat and we have decided to post the retreat talks done by some of the members of our Women’s Leadership Team. This one is by Esther Fikkert: As the deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.  My soul thirsts for God, for the living […]

Last weekend was the women’s retreat and we have decided to post the retreat talks done by some of the members of our Women’s Leadership Team. This one is by Juliet Power: For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not […]

Last weekend was the women’s retreat and we have decided to post the retreat talks done by some of the members of our Women’s Leadership Team. This one is by Kim Griffith: We live in crazy times — self driving cars are the next big thing. We can get on portable phones and access an […]

As we have been working our way through the gospel of John, we have seen Jesus communicate through signs, and we have heard Him teach authoritatively. The focus of this message has been: I am God, come to earth, to save my people. As we got to chapter 13, we saw Jesus’ tone change a […]

For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.” It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. | Hebrews 10:30–31 If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did […]

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare […]

We need to (regularly) calibrate our hearts, tuning them to be directed to the Creator, our magnetic north. It is crucial for us to recognize that our ultimate loves, longings, desires, and cravings are learned. And because love is a habit, our hearts are calibrated through imitating exemplars and being immersed in practices that, over […]