by Alyssa Scholting | Aug 27, 2018 | Announcements, Children's Ministries
August 26, marks the first week of Sunday school for the fall! Sunday school begins at 9:30 every Sunday. We will not have Sunday school on November 25th. Children’s Sunday School We’re blessed to have several volunteer teachers willing and ready to invest in...
by Pastor Jacob Gerber | Aug 26, 2018 | Sermons
Up to this point, Jacob has been a taker. With two meals, Jacob took his brother’s birthright (Gen. 25:29–33) and blessing (Gen. 27:1–25). In this, Jacob’s fault has not been what he has wanted, since the text of Genesis places most of the blame on Esau, who “despised...
by Pastor Andrew Lightner | Aug 19, 2018 | Sermons
In one of the most personal appeals in Galatians thus far, Paul continues to parse the theological issue in the churches of Galatia, who are turning to another gospel that insists on circumcision rather than Christ alone. But now, rather than speaking directly to the...
by Pastor Jacob Gerber | Aug 12, 2018 | Sermons
There are no role models in Genesis 26:34–27:46. Esau, the man of the field (Gen. 25:27), sets his mind entirely on the things of this world from the beginning by taking two Canaanite wives. Isaac, whose own father explicitly forbade Isaac from taking Canaanite wives...
by Pastor Jacob Gerber | Aug 5, 2018 | Sermons
When we hear God’s promises to bless his people, our minds tend to think of those blessings in one-dimensional terms. If we encounter comfort, peace, and prosperity, then we understand those experiences as blessings. On the other hand, if we encounter pain, trials,...
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