by Horatius Bonar (1808-1889)

Faith is the necessary link between our need and the One who can save. Horatius Bonar wrote this masterful piece that can help us not put our faith in our faith. Read the rest of this entry »

Chris Rengert speaks on how we can use a very helpful “grid” in our decision-making process – opinions, preferences, convictions, and beliefs [Listen to this sermon]

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I’ve often heard Christians say, “While we need to trust God, we don’t want to act foolishly.” As those who want to follow Jesus we need to be VERY careful how we think about that issue. For us, being foolish means we don’t trust God when he asks us too – we refuse to walk by faith. If we adopt our culture’s definition of what it means to be wise, and prudent – we will never walk by faith. Our culture would focus on being independent, God is pleased when we are dependent. Read the rest of this entry »

Julie M shared this with me when the Winona bridge was closed – I love it

I was thinking about how much the bridge being closed changes everything!! Last night I asked a Wisconsin graduating kid what his college plans were and he answered, “well…..I WAS gonna go to Winona State but with the bridge closed…” so now he’s looking into La Crosse instead! And last night Ed and I didn’t attend our clown club meeting in Winona either because of the bridge. The club emailed and said no one on the MN side can make the parade this Sunday in Independence, WI and asked if Timber and Jubilee could, but we have plans already. College changes, parade changes. I also am not certain I’ll keep any cleaning jobs there. I’ll bet Ashley Furniture is missing a few MN employees too. Lots of changes due to this one bridge!!!! Then I thought of how Jesus is a bridge to God. And I got a mental picture of someone walking across the shadow of the cross to God. That picture came from a video of Sara Groves actually called “I just showed up for my own life” Anyway, I thought of how we didn’t know the day and hour that bridge would suddenly be out of service for us and how now our lives have changed. So I thought about how Jesus is still calling people to cross over from death to life and how they put him off taking for granted that the choice will always be there. One day the bridge will be out. Changes everything doesn’t it?

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The story of Rahab is very important – in many ways. It takes place during a critical transition of the Hebrew experience. The, once slaves, were about ready to move into the next phase of their relationship with God.

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Today we are going to start a series on faith. We are going to look at a few biblical characters in an effort to discover aspects of faith that are important. Today we’re going to look at Abraham and how he, not only listened and followed God, but how he also had an understanding of what God was doing. Read the rest of this entry »

Listen to Sunday’s message by Micah Prussing [Listen]