We have been studying the book of Acts on Wednesday evenings. One of the things we have seen is that there is a pattern repeated throughout this book. The church is empowered by the Holy Spirit, the church shares the Gospel with boldness, people are saved, the church...
Only in John’s gospel do we meet the risen Jesus at the tomb (John 20:1-18). In the other three gospels, the women meet an angel or two, but in John we hear the voice of Jesus Himself. On the Sunday after Jesus was killed, Mary Magdalene, Peter, and the Beloved...
March 1, 2023 | A Word From… Forerunner Front Page News, Forerunner Pastor Matt recently introduced us to one of the more obscure of the “Minor Prophets” – Obadiah. Another of those minor prophets was a man named Haggai. God used him to address a problem of...
I grew up in St. Louis, so baseball has been part of the rhythm of my life for as long as I can remember. (Pitchers and catchers report in a week; spring training is nearly upon us!) When I played army men as a child, the bad guys weren’t the late Cold War Russians,...
Do you need some ideas to direct your prayer time on those snowy and wintery days so typical of January? Find a comfortable chair, grab your favorite hot beverage, slip on a warm sweater, and have a Personal Prayer Retreat! Read a short book from the Bible: Mark,...
It’s Christmas! At Christmas we celebrate the Incarnation: when God became human. As I mentioned in my sermon on Sunday, there is perhaps no greater mystery of our faith than God becoming one of us. On Sunday we explored the ways the New Testament describes Jesus as...
