Posts with the category “a-note-from-alex”

Below is an excerpt from Adam Young's Newsletter: There is a linkage between your past stories and the way you are presently living your life. Isaiah 61:1-2 identifies the linkage:The Spirit of the So...  Read More

Type your new text here. Sunday we resumed our preaching series through the book of Acts where we did a recap of the first 9 chapters. Below, we explore further how the early parts of Acts 9 envision ...  Read More

As you all know, summer tends to be slow for our church. It’s a deep breath and exhale. Its a time we sit aside primarily for all those who serve well during the year to retreat, rest, and return to a...  Read More

Grace and Peace. This is Paul’s regular and consistent greeting in the NT because it describes the Christian’s ever present reality with God. Unending grace that gets stronger when we are at our weake...  Read More

I love the picture that Eugene Peterson gives us in his translation of Psalm 5:1-3.Notice in this passage:The humility of David. David is right where many of us are at everyday. Suffering. Anxious. Gr...  Read More

My final point from Sunday’s message about “The Preciousness of God’s Embodied Souls” was about how the Biblical vision of humanity should propel the church into holistic care in all areas of human su...  Read More

Psalm 131 A Song of Ascents. Of David. 1 O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. 2 But I have calmed ...  Read More

Many of you are preparing to eat dinner with some friends as a way to remember and celebrate Good Friday. For clarity’s sake, it is important to note that this is not a celebration of the Lord’s Suppe...  Read More

Sunday we looked at Psalm 51 trying to more clearly understand what repentance is in the Christian life. This psalm is so powerful and offers us so much insight into the Christian experience. I am rem...  Read More

This past Sunday, we looked at 2 Corinthians 7. In this chapter we get such a beautiful, descriptive picture of what repentance looked like in this early church. One characteristic that really stood o...  Read More

I missed being at our worship gathering this past Sunday. Jessy and I were at one of our partner churches with a host of pastors from across the country celebrating what the Lord has done in planting ...  Read More

Sunday, we began a sermon series for Lent on repentance by looking at Joel 2:12-14. Alongside of this teaching, we also entered into a church wide fast until Easter. Fasting is consistently associated...  Read More

It’s probably not news to hear that Jessy and I have been a mess for the last couple of weeks as we have faced some really scary and uncertain times as a family. It is safe to say that these have been...  Read More

We began our Advent series this past Sunday in Ruth 1 answering the question “Can I really trust God who has dealt me a bitter hand in my life?” Thats a good question. It’s a relevant question for us ...  Read More

Sunday, we examined Acts 5:17-42 through the lens of the invitation for us to live our lives “Boldly Proclaiming and Joyfully Persevering” in the ministry. In Acts 5, Peter, John, and the Apostles are...  Read More

That is really what I am getting at when I say spiritual integrity: There is only one version of yourselves, and everybody gets that version....  Read More

Acts 4:32-37: Great Grace. Self-Giving Love. Unity. I hope these things can be said of our church....  Read More