Originally posted on April 8, 2004 "By grace through faith" is the Bible's way of expressing the basic way God deals with people. This means that as a Christian, we live the life of faith that believes and acts on everything God has given us...
Originally posted on April 1, 2004 "Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus...
Originally posted on January 23, 2004 We all need a "center". A center is the bedrock truth that determines how we live. It is also the truth we keep coming back to for perspective, encouragement and energy to keep moving forward ...
Originally posted on December 30, 2003 "I will tell all my brothers the greatness of Your name, in the presence of the whole congregation I will sing your praise." Psalm 22:22 Dear Grace Family, As I reflect back on 2003, I see the faithfulness and goodness of the...
Originally posted on December 11, 2003 This past Sunday, I preached a vision message looking forward to 2004. I gave three prayers for our church that would become three pursuits of our church. The first prayer pursuit is that Grace would experience the greatest...
Originally posted on November 27, 2003 Christ told us to love one another; however, he also told us to fight! The key is to know when to do which, and with whom. We love people because people are not our enemy. We fight the evil...
Originally posted on October 30, 2003 To ground our praying in God's word and to give us confidence and purpose in our praying, we considered Ephesians 3:20-21. These verses come at the end of a longer prayer. In the prayer, the Apostle Paul prayed...
Originally posted on September 26, 2003 The first century missionary tour of the Apostle Paul in Europe saw mixed reception. Some believed his message of Christ and become followers, while others did not. Those rejecters of the message did not quietly go home and...
Originally posted on August 20, 2003 The internet allows us to take what once was an in-house discussion and open it up to anyone who cares to log on and read. Here at Grace Community Church we usually have these discussions in the form of...
Originally posted on July 9, 2003 Talking about God is certainly an acceptable topic for a church. But talking about sinners is another matter. To do so seems so outdated. After all, aren't we just wounded, or misguided, or in process? For...
