by Christopher Kirwan | Jun 19, 2017 | From the Pastor
Responding to a “pew to pulpit” question: Does God give us tests (hardships or sufferings) to pull us closer in a relationship with Him? In Paul’s letter to the Romans, he writes that we should “Take pride in our problems, because we know that trouble produces...
by Christopher Kirwan | Jun 11, 2017 | From the Pastor
Responding to a “pew to pulpit” question: Why do we read passages from both the Old and New Testaments each Sunday during worship? First of all, it allows people to get exposure to greater portions of the Bible. If I were to read only one passage per Sunday, that...
by Christopher Kirwan | Jun 4, 2017 | From the Pastor
The word sacrifice brings some interesting thoughts and feelings to mind. Some of us may think of Isaac bringing his son to the altar to offer up as a sacrifice, as requested by God. Others may think of animals being killed and offered as sacrifices to God, as found...
by Christopher Kirwan | May 28, 2017 | From the Pastor
Faith is tough to gauge and frequently hard to detect, at least from the outside looking in. How firm is our faith? There are events, situations or outcomes in life that will strongly test our faith and maybe even push it to the brink. The longer we live, the more...
by Christopher Kirwan | May 24, 2017 | From the Pastor
The innocent victims of yet another brutal terrorist attack are in our hearts, thoughts and prayers. We should not have to live in fear, yet we are continually met with sad, frightening news of attack after attack. We know that those who died in the Manchester terror...
by Christopher Kirwan | May 21, 2017 | From the Pastor
When we die, when our time on this living planet has come to an end, life will not really cease for us. What a marvelous promise that is! But there is much more to it than that. Christ tells us that for those that truly do believe, trust and follow Christ, we can find...
