image credit: climate.nasa.gov On Sunday, in my message, I made a reference to global climate change, and since it is a hot button issue and since I got a Facebook question after the fact about it, I thought I would address it briefly here. What I said... On Sunday, I made the following points: I …
Further Comments on 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 in Light of Paul’s Other Teaching on Women
In my last post, I talked about the problems with 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 and why they might have been added later after the Apostle Paul finished the letter. In this post, I want to highlight the fact that we don't know the full story on these verses, and that there is significant debate about …
Mobile App for 21 Days of Prayer
21 Courageous Prayers Mobile App This Sunday, we launch into our 21 Days of Prayer, and we will be following a devotional prayer guide written by Gary Rohrmayer. We have nearly 100 copies of it in paper form available for free to anyone who wants one, but I also wanted to let you know that I have …
Unanswered Questions
Every now and then, I do a live Q&A session at the end of each worship gathering. This post is the place for me to record questions that deserve an article, and the links to the articles as I write them. …
Church and Politics
First, an Apology (as in, I'm sorry) Recently, during my final message in the "Pound It" series, I was talking about the irresponsible young men that Rehoboam surrounded himself with and that he decided to pay attention to. In that message, I decided to use as an illustration something that had …
Thank you Immanuel RPC
Back when we were planning to purchase the buildings to the south of us on Concord Road, I wrote a letter to some local churches asking for their financial assistance in making the purchase. One of the churches that stepped up with a gift was Immanuel Reformed Presbyterian Church. Jared Olivetti …
Wisdom Prayer 1
God, So many things I thought I knew, but I will open my heart to you. …
We Need Redemption…
Photo Taken from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Website. This week, once again, we are faced with the aftermath of a tragic event in our country. A man turned an automatic rifle on a crowd of people in Las Vegas. It was the worst mass shooting event in our country's history. Nearly …
Breaking News: Rabbi Jesus Offends Thousands
While researching in some of the Dead Sea Scrolls, I came across this amazing two-thousand year old article from the Zion Rising Times. 3 Nisan, 1023 A.D. (After David) Yesterday, famous teacher Jesus of Nazareth, offended thousands of supporters by violating the longstanding tradition of …
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Responding to Self-isms
A more accurate term... I am opposed to racism just like most other well-indoctrinated members of American Society. I have been trained that "racism" is a problem and that good people oppose it. I'm not only an American, but I'm a follower of Jesus Christ who taught me to love other people as myself …
Expanding Kidopolis, Extending our Reach
First, my dream... 15 years ago, I heard the story of a church in Indianapolis that was so committed to blessing unchurched people that it made a daycare its primary focus of operations and made the Sunday worship times secondary on its priority list. Their first staff position other than the …
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Shifting Strategies to Reach Millennials
A recent article caught my eye on my Facebook timeline. I read it, shared it, and ended up launching a rather long and detailed comment conversation with people in my church about it. Here's the article: http://faithit.com/12-reasons-millennials-over-church-sam-eaton/. I've seen other articles like …
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2017-02-19 Message Recap
https://youtu.be/QfEJaUtrnyM Hi there! This is Pastor Jeff giving you a quick recap of the things we talked about on Sunday. Sunday was our first foray really into our study of the book of 1 John, so let me remind you of who John was: Remember that John was one of the 12 original disciples of …
2016 and Celebrity Deaths
Photo Credit: https://twitter.com/christhebarker/status/813184048914898948 Some have been calling 2016 a terrible year because of all the celebrity deaths, the tragedies in Aleppo and elsewhere, and for some, the presidential election has added to that sense of tragedy. However, I wanted to …
Christmas Generosity 2016
Every year, LCC attempts to buck the trend of Christmas commercialization and materialism by asking people to intentionally give wealth away. It's a tradition we are embracing more and more each year. Our first year, we collected money for Matrix Pregnancy Resource Center (now called Matrix …
We Have a New President but the Same King
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evan_McMullin_ballot_access_(2016).svg One of the most amazing things about our country is that we are given the authority regularly to change our leaders... and what's even more impressive is that every time we exercise that authority, the …
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