by Pastor Nate Crandall When you start to see God as He really is, the eyes of your heart are opened to the truth of Colossians 1:17 that He holds everything together. He holds everything together from the stars in the heavens to the cells in your body. He holds each day in His all-powerful hands. He never takes a vacation. He is always working out His will on...
Focused to Race – Part 1
Feb 23, 2018
By Brenda Rankhorn I’m sure most, if not all of you, have ridden a bike. Before my sons were out of school for the summer I had made a habit of taking a bike ride in the mornings. I enjoyed these early morning bike rides so much that I had found several 5-6-mile bike routes that I could take. I would attach my water jug to the bike and set an app on my phone to...
The Pulse of a Healthy Church, Part 6: Pasteurized Process Cheese Food
Feb 22, 2018
Rev. Carl Greene Hebron SDB Church, PA I love Easy Cheese — cheesy goodness that comes out of a room-temperature can. I can squirt a little bit of this yellow gold onto a cracker, on a sardine, or simply directly into my mouth. Yumminess results no matter the vehicle used to deliver this excellent source of calcium. My trusty can of Easy Cheese is also...
Discipleship Requires Prayer: The Pulse of a Healthy Church, Part 5
by Rev. Carl Greene Hebron SDB Church, PA A friend of mine once told me an intriguing story from his childhood. One night while his family was returning from a trip, they got caught in a terrible storm. The visibility became so poor amidst the darkness and torrential rain that his father started guiding their vehicle based on the movements of the...
The Lord’s Prayer Our Daily Bread…
Sep 26, 2017
Seventh in a series by Assistant Pastor Philip Lawton at the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Shiloh, NJ. Check out Phil’s blog at contemplatingkenosis.blogspot.com It has been a long summer. I was away from home for most of the summer. I spent a lot of that time thinking about how little we really trust God with everything. How we often think that we can...