FAQs #7: Is the Bible Trustworthy? (Part 2)
The Bible is trustworthy and reliable, as verified by manuscript evidence, textual criticism and archeology. This Sunday there’s a lot of heady information as we learn about how these sciences support the Bible. Yet what we really learn it that it’s not really about the Bible. It’s about the God of the Bible. We open our lives to God’s living Word, to make us new. The Bible speaks God’s words of life!
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- Aug 16, 2020FAQs #7: Is the Bible Trustworthy? (Part 2)
FAQs #7: Is the Bible Trustworthy? (Part 2)The Bible is trustworthy and reliable, as verified by manuscript evidence, textual criticism and archeology. This Sunday there’s a lot of heady information as we learn about how these sciences support the Bible. Yet what we really learn it that it’s not really about the Bible. It’s about the God of the Bible. We open our lives to God’s living Word, to make us new. The Bible speaks God’s words of life!
- Aug 9, 2020FAQs #6: Is the Bible Trustworthy? (Part 1)
FAQs #6: Is the Bible Trustworthy? (Part 1)Is the Bible trustworthy? We’ve all wondered this, and most likely we’ve all been asked this! The Bible is such an ancient and debated book. How can we know it’s reliable? We take up this FAQ over the next two Sundays. This Sunday we explore the internal integrity of the Bible, as well as the testimony of God’s people down through history. If you like archaeology and textual criticism, come back the following week. But this week, come ready to be challenged to put what you believe about the Bible into your life!
- Aug 2, 2020FAQs #5: What Is the Origins of the Bible?
FAQs #5: What Is the Origins of the Bible?FAQ: What is the origin of the Bible? Where did the Bible came from? People wrote it, right? But Christians also claim that it is God’s Word. Are both true? This Sunday Pastor David will open the covers of this greatest-of-all books and discover how this is God’s words for God’s people. Don’t miss it! (And then next Sunday we’ll take up why we can trust it.)
- Jul 26, 2020FAQs #4: Why Does God Allow Suffering?
FAQs #4: Why Does God Allow Suffering?Our question this Sunday is one that you’ve asked: “Why does God let this happen?” We dig into the Bible to seek guidance on one of life’s greatest mysteries. Pastor David discovers that the answer we find is not what we expect. Don’t miss this message! It helps answer our own inner wondering and also gives us a helpful response when we’re asked this question.
- Jul 19, 2020FAQ’s #3 “Do we REALLY need the Old Testament?”
FAQ’s #3 “Do we REALLY need the Old Testament?”We are told every day that new is better than old; that old things need to be replaced. It's easy to apply this logic to our Bibles. The Old Testament can be tough to read and hard to understand. Do we really need to bother with it? This Sunday we will take a look at some reasons why we should not dismiss 3/4 of our Bible.
- Jul 12, 2020FAQ’s #2 “What is Zion?”
FAQ’s #2 “What is Zion?”We sing of Zion in worship, but many times we don't stop to think about what the words we sing mean. This Sunday we will be digger deep into this multi-faceted word and what it means to our lives.
- Jul 5, 2020FAQs #1: Can We Have the American Flag in Worship?
FAQs #1: Can We Have the American Flag in Worship?This Sunday we begin our new Summer message series: “FAQs: Your Questions Answered with Biblical Facts.” This week our question is if it is appropriate to have the American Flay in worship. This is a fitting question for the 4th of July weekend, and the fact that we return to our sanctuary for worship. We will have our American flag there: come find out why!
- Jun 28, 2020MN Adult and Teen Challenge
MN Adult and Teen ChallengeSince 1983, MN Adult & Teen Challenge has been restoring hope to people struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. The Teen Challenge Choir will not be able to attend due to Covid-19 instead they are sending five current participants. Their purpose is to encourage congregations by testifying about God’s healing power in the lives of our clients and to help others see that through Him, they too, can overcome their struggles. There will be a special offering for Teen Challenge. Worship will be outside, so bring a lawn chair and hat.
- Jun 21, 2020Radiant Faces
Radiant Faces
This Sunday we’re celebrating Camping Sunday! We need mountain-top experiences to sustain us in our discipleship. Although we can’t physically go to camp this year, we are going to have a worship experience to meet God “on the mountain.” Come this Sunday dressed like you’re going to camp, and be ready to meet God. Worship will be outside, so bring a lawn chair and hat.
- Jun 14, 2020All Things Are Possible with Faith
All Things Are Possible with FaithWhat an exciting Sunday - it’s Confirmation Sunday! Our five Confirmation students (Aimire Lloyd, Jacqueline Wyne, Katelyn Bautch, Noah Bonsell and Tony Lloyd) will all share their faith testimonies and publically commit to follow Jesus. Two of them (Aimire and Tony) will also be baptized! We will see how God takes the tiny, shaky faith–like the size of a mustard seed–and grow it into a large and committed maturity–like a tall mustard tree. Come expecting your faith to also grow this Sunday, too! We will worship outdoors again: bring a hat and lawn chair, or there will also be spaces for drive-in worship.
- Jun 5, 2020Soaring without Seeing – Graduation Sunday
Soaring without Seeing – Graduation SundayThis Sunday we honor our graduates and offer prayers over them as they launch into the next chapter of their lives. The message is geared for them, but for all of us. How do we soar as God’s people when we can’t see precisely where we’re going? The answer comes in the Holy Spirit, who lifts our wings and sends us in the right direction.
- May 31, 2020Live Free: No Lying! (The Spirit of Truth)
Live Free: No Lying! (The Spirit of Truth)This Sunday is Pentecost, the third of the three biggest Christian celebrations. We mark the gift of the Holy Spirit given to us as God’s people, to live in us and through us. We are not alone! The Bible also calls the Holy Spirit “The Spirit of Truth.” On Pentecost we will have the last of our Ten Commandment messages: “Don’t lie.” We celebrate that we have the Spirit of Truth so that we can stop lying and start speaking words of life and truth!
- May 24, 2020Live Free: Do Not Covet
Live Free: Do Not CovetIf you could have anyone’s car, home, abilities, physical appearance, spouse, or life, whose would you have? Notice, as you consider this question, the awakening of that inner “itchy” feeling as you want what you can’t have. That’s coveting. It’s not just wanting (we all want nice things), but it’s the inner restlessness in wanting what is (or should be) beyond your grasp. This Sunday our discipleship goal is to want instead what God wants for us.
- May 15, 2020Prayer as Worship
Prayer as WorshipThis Sunday we take a pause in our spring worship series for intentional and focused prayer. Sunday morning we will host a worship prayer walk on the church grounds to 1. Be together safely as a church community, 2. Pray for our communities during this trying time, 3. Grow in our discipleship through prayer, and 4. Be visible in our community witnessing to our hope in God. Come if you are able! If not, pray along with the worship recording.
- May 10, 2020Live Free: Do Not Steal
Live Free: Do Not StealWhat did your mother teach you about stealing? Well, so does our heavenly Father! Stealing is so prevalent in our day that much of life includes measures to protect our goods, and we don’t even realize how odd it is to have all this security. This Sunday we’ll try to hear our mothers teach us again about what God says about our penchant to steal.
- May 3, 2020Live Free: Do Not Commit Adultery
Live Free: Do Not Commit AdulteryThe Seventh Commandment is just two words in the Hebrew, “no” and “adultery.” God compares marriage to a vine. You’ve got to invest a lot, and you’ve got to wait a long time. You’re going to need to be patient and tending to it if you want it to grow and be fruitful. Adultery is like a weed eater that carelessly severs the vine’s base, killing it in an instant. This Sunday again is a provocative message on the Biblical understanding of the holy act of the sexual experience.
- Apr 26, 2020Live Free: Do Not Murder
Live Free: Do Not MurderThe Sixth Commandment is just two words in the Hebrew, “no” and “murder.” Yet these two words together change our whole frame of life itself. This Sunday we’ll cross political, ethical, social, and societal boundaries and enter into the realm of controversy. God’s path of life, however, provides a way through, if we open ourselves to listen!
- Apr 19, 2020Live free: Honor Your Parents
Live free: Honor Your ParentsThe Fifth Commandments is to “Honor your father and mother.” For some, the thought is uplifting. For others, it’s devastating. Yet the Bible provides no qualification or exception based on what they’ve done. It’s all about what you do! The path of abundant life includes honoring your parents. This Sunday we’ll discover just what this means, and looks like for you!
- Apr 12, 2020Signs for Life: Begin One Way
Signs for Life: Begin One WayJesus has come to offer us the path of life abundant and eternal. Jesus’ resurrection is not just a victory over sin, hell and death. It is an invitation to join Him on the path of life. Jesus opens up a new road that before was not available to us. This road leads us to glory, where we will live only in perfection. In glory, we will live only one way. It’s a journey we start now, today! Happy Easter!
- Apr 5, 2020Signs for Life: Curves Ahead (Palm Sunday)
Signs for Life: Curves Ahead (Palm Sunday)Jesus said, “In this world you will have trouble.” Jesus said that His way was steep, and narrow, and hard. Then, Jesus headed toward Jerusalem to take up His cross. He calls to His disciples, “Take up your cross and follow me.” When we do, we find that there are great blessings during the curves!
