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Dear Church Family, Last Sunday Our passage last week dealt with God’s rejection of king Saul for his disobedience. Saul showed that he did not have a heart to follow the commandments of God, and [...]

Dear Church Family, Last Sunday Last week we saw just how unfit Saul was for the kingship. While his son, Jonathan, trusted in the Lord for victory and “worked with God” (1 Sam. 14:45) [...]

Dear Church Family, Last Sunday Our God is a God of reversals. We saw this last week as Pastor Chuck preached from 1 Samuel 1:21 – 2:11. Hannah, once a barren and despised woman, finds [...]

Dear Church Family, Last Sunday It’s good to know what something is for. A good thing can be wasted or abused if we don’t know its purpose. Last week we saw from 2 Cor. 9:6-15 [...]

Dear Church Family, Last Sunday The Bible never says the wise men were kings, that there were three of them, or that they were present at the manger—but one thing the classic nativity set gets [...]

Dear Church Family, Last Sunday Where did Jesus come from? Last week we considered Jesus’s roots in Matthew 1:1-17. Scripture clearly teaches that Jesus is from heaven and is the eternal Son of God (Heb. [...]

Dear Church Family, Last Sunday The people of God have always been a singing people. “Make a joyful noise to the Lord,” the psalmist cries, and, “Come into his presence with singing!” (Psalm 100). Last [...]

Dear Church Family, Last Sunday It is often said that the kingdom of God is an “upside down” kingdom. To be first is to be last. To be humble is to be exalted. We saw [...]