A professor of mine at the seminary told us a story of when he used to be a pastor. He visited the husband of one of his members and he asked him why he didn’t come to church with his wife. The man said, “I don’t go because your church is full of hypocrites!”
The children came into his house all out of breath. It’s not that the distance we so great…only a mile or two…but, as usual, they ran the last half mile or so. They raced to Grandpa’s house because they wanted Grandpa to tell them their favorite story.
“One little word can fell him.” We just sang those words in stanza 3. I’ve sung that line hundreds of times, and many of you have too. But until this week, I never bothered to wonder what the little “word” was.
This evening, in the upper room, we watch as Jesus of Nazareth is Passing By, passing by Judas Iscariot with one final opportunity of grace.
All children, ages 3-10, are invited to our annual Easter For Kids event! This Saturday-morning-celebration of Easter Easter is Saturday, April 6th, from 9:00am-12:00pm.
It’s easier than we might think for people to know where we’ve been or what we’ve been doing. When the kid with chocolate smeared all across his face says…
Rachel and I moved into a cozy little split-level in DeForest this past August. One of the unexpected blessings of the new house was a skylight in the living room ceiling.
Why couldn’t God have just made it easy? Why did he have to make this so difficult? Have you ever had that thought?
Jesus of Nazareth is Passing By is our theme for our Wednesday Lent Services.
The season of Lent rightly focusing our attention on Jesus. During these Wednesdays, we will be looking at Jesus of Nazareth Passing By. We will focus on some of the last contacts people had with the Savior and how they used these opportunities.
A longtime member, Ellsworth Shields, has given our church a processional cross as part of his will. Pastor Berg explains what a processional cross is and why it will be a blessing!
