The Good Earth - Call to Worship

All peoples that on earth do dwell – so we began that version of Psalm 100. As we gather again on another Lord’s Day, be reminded that not only do we ascend into the heavenlies so that we might corporately and covenantally approach the Throne of our Lord Jesus Christ. We also gather here upon the earth. This physical world was created by God and He loves it – He calls it good.

God created the heavens and the earth – the creation is not some by-product of some kind of warfare or other act of violence, as ancient pagan religions…

Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 by Pastor David Hatcher

Making Them Want It To Be True

“Each year at Easter I get to preach on the Resurrection. In my sermon I always say to my skeptical, secular friends that, even if they can’t believe in the resurrection, they should want it to be true. Most of them care deeply about justice for the poor, alleviating hunger and disease, and caring for the environment. Yet many of them believe that the material world was caused by accident and that the world and everything in it will eventually simply burn up in the death of the sun. They find it discouraging that so few people care about justice without…

Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 by Pastor Jerry Owen

He Sets the Lonely in Families

It is true, of course, that what is an unspeakable gift of God for the lonely individual is easily disregarded and trodden under foot by those who have the gift every day. It is easily forgotten that the fellowship of Christian brethren is a gift of grace, a gift of the Kingdom of God that any day may be taken from us, that the time that still separates us from utter loneliness may be brief indeed. Therefore, let him who until now has had the privilege of living a common Christian life with other Christians praise God’s grace from the bottom…

Posted on Friday, May 08, 2009 by Pastor Jerry Owen