Monthly Archives: November 2009
December Newsletter
Posted November 29, 2009 – 6:00 am in: NewsBelow you’ll find a link to our latest newsletter. If you’re trying to keep track of all our Christmas Events, this newsletter makes a handy fridge reference.
December Newsletter
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A Royal Pain | Part 3b
Posted November 23, 2009 – 4:10 pm in: MessagesA Wing and a Prayer (Part 2)
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This message is the second half of the one we started last week. In it we look at four more lessons about prayer from Elijah’s encounter with the dead child: Prayer and Desperation, Power, Life, and Providence.
In particular, we focused on the power [...]
A Royal Pain | Part 3a
Posted November 16, 2009 – 11:38 am in: MessagesA Wing and a Prayer (Part 1)
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I sat down to write a message on the episode concerning Elijah and the widow’s son (1 Kings 17:17-24) last week. The more I studied, prayed, and considered the text, the more lessons on prayer jumped out at me. In fact, each of [...]
A Royal Pain | Part 2
Posted November 10, 2009 – 11:54 am in: MessagesYahweh’s Counter-Attack
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I was going to call this message “Yahweh Strikes Back”, but I didn’t want to equate Yahweh with Empire—he has far more in common with the Rebellion. (If that sentence made no sense to you, I apologize for the Star Wars reference.)
This story’s far more than a touching [...]
Signs of the Times
Posted November 5, 2009 – 12:05 am in: NewsLast week Karen Longwell from the Bracebridge Examiner called me up to write a story on our church’s sign. One week later:
Pastor has come to appreciate ‘sign of the times’
Thanks for the great write-up, Karen. And church—keep those slogans coming!
A Royal Pain | Part 1
Posted November 3, 2009 – 12:27 pm in: MessagesA Fearsome Forecast
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This week we started a new series on the life of Elijah. In order to understand the prophet himself, we spent some time looking at the world he lived in—especially the influence of Baal through Ahab’s wife, Jezebel.
Elijah was one reckless prophet. He entered recorded history in [...]
