What is the kingdom of God? Is it our local congregation, your family, or a particular nation on earth? Is the kingdom of God within human consciousness or is it a place we go on pilgrimage? These are just a few of the many questions...
With great thanksgiving I am happy to announce that this week our congregation gave and pledged 2.8 million dollars toward the Future Grace Giving Campaign. We can all be grateful for the way God has worked among us and provided needed funds for future ministry....
In this final week of the Future Grace giving campaign, many of you are asking how to think about how to give? How do you discern and come to a decision about your offering and pledge to the facility expansion at Grace? Let me share with...
I have returned from Eastern Europe where I spent several days with friends, pastors and church planters. Thank you for praying for me. How encouraging it was to see the good news of Jesus being communicated so clearly and received by so many. To see...
As you receive this Words of Grace in your inbox, I am in another country. I am visiting some friends of Grace, pastors who are planting and leading churches. I've been asked to share my thoughts on church planting, discipleship, and leadership. And, I'll preach...
The Future Grace Giving Campaign is here. During this first week, I encourage you to engage in two ways - inform yourself and pray. Future Grace is a giving campaign, and we will take an offering and make a pledge. But more than that, this is...
I've talked to many people who have had a similar experience in prayer - a wandering mind and disengaged heart. And, like me, they gave up after a few minutes and went on to other pressing things. But could it be that we have missed...
"I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you." Job 42:5 From the start of Job's suffering, he and his friends engaged in long discussions about its causes and remedies. They debated what they believed were the fundamental...
Most famous quotes have survived without their context. But context is what makes the quote worth remembering. A famous line in the Bible and in the Christian faith is, "I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And...
The suffering of Job is well documented in the first two chapters of the book of Job. There are two rounds of suffering that include the loss of his children, possessions, and health. It is a devastating loss that would have killed some people. Job...
