Month: August 2020

We are looking forward to another outdoor service this Sunday, August 30!  We hope you will come join us.  It is weather dependent; if there is a risk of rain we will move things indoors.  Thankfully, at this point, the weather forecast is looking great for tomorrow!   The service is Bring-Your-Own-Chair.  We will have rows marked off  in 6 foot intervals for you to set your own chairs up in the west half of the parking lot.   If  you have some extenuating circumstances that result in you preferring to stay in your car, we will have a limited number of parking …

One of the biggest problems I observe in the news today that drains the hope out of seeing meaningful, productive changes in public policy and opinion is that as a society we have become extremely polarized, and while we have much disagreement, we have little quality debate and only small amounts of polite, meaningful dialogue. So this message today is about disagreement, debate, and dialogue.   Don’t worry, it is not political!  While it may touch on your interactions on social media, it is much more than that.  While it is timely, as there is much yelling and screaming going on …

This week we continue talking about the issue of leadership.  This message together with last week’s is an addendum, not just to the Ephesians 5 passage about a husband’s leadership, but to Ephesians 6:1-4 where it gives instruction to parents, especially fathers, to be leading their children.  It is also a helpful appendix to Ephesians 6:5-9 when we talk about the relation between employers and employees. One of the greatest blessings I hope you get from this message this week, however, is being reminded what an incredible leader our Savior is.  I trust we all will be reminded of the …

What does it take to be a leader?  More importantly, what does it take to be a good leader?  Today we will explore that question as we continue our study of Ephesians 5.  We saw last week that husbands have 2 main commands given by God in this passage.  The first, which we studied last week, is to love their wives like Christ loves the church.  The second command, clearly implied in this passage is to lead.  We will spend this week and next looking not just at husbands, but what it means to be a good leader in any …

For the last several weeks we have been looking at Ephesians 5 and talking about God’s Design for the family.  Lately the emphasis has been on the wife and God’s instructions for her.  Today, we look at God’s expectations for the husband.  What does it mean to be a good husband? What does it mean to love like Christ loved the church or love her like we love ourselves? Please join us as we take the time to answer these questions in very practical ways that will be relevant not just to men but to all who want to be …