When you hear the phrase, “religious zealot”, what comes to mind? Street-corner preachers? Televangelists? Terrorists? For Jesus, zeal was a good thing. He even added a political zealot to his cast of disciples! (Although Jesus radically redefined where that zeal was to be placed and how it should be enacted.) In the second half of Read more
October 26, 2011 in Messages by Pastor Steve
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Last Sunday we looked at the topic that pastors approach with fear and trembling: money. We looked at a lot of scriptures, so here’s a summary with the verses for your own study: God created everything that exists and entrusted it to us to manage and care for (Genesis 1:26-28). God never gave up ownership Read more
July 13, 2010 in Messages by Pastor Steve
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[Audio clip: view full post to listen] It’s now time to turn to a topic that preachers have a typically poor track record with: money. Some preachers leap off the deep end with greed, while others cling to their legalistic interpretation of Old Testament law. Too many ignore the topic all together. My plan of Read more
May 19, 2009 in Messages by Pastor Steve
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