What will heaven be like? Its the kind of question we hear from curious four and six year olds, who are first contemplating that there might be something more and bigger than this life. What will heaven be like? It is the question of aging saints who confidently face death. What will heaven be like?... Continue Reading →
Sermon: Laodicea
I invite you to open your Bibles with me to the book of Revelation. Revelation 3, beginning in verse 14. Revelation is the last book in the Bible. Revelation 3, beginning in verse 14. We have been listening to God’s word in the book of Revelation in order to tune our hearts to the reality... Continue Reading →
Sermon: Philadelphia
I invite you to open your Bibles with me to Revelation, chapter 3, beginning in verse 7. Revelation is in the New Testament - the last book in the Bible. We have been listen to God’s word this summer from the book of revelation in order to tune our hearts to the gospel in a... Continue Reading →
Sermon: Wake Up!
Greetings from the distant land of Stout. It is truly an honor and privilege to share God’s word with you this morning and for our congregations to join together in praise the one, true God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. As I look out among you and see Pleasant Valley and Stout sitting side-by-side,... Continue Reading →
Sermon: Vocab Rehab
Words go in and out of fashion like everything else, but there are some that we can be grateful that people do not use anymore. A long time ago, when I was a teenager, if you didn’t like something or thought it wasn’t too good, you might say that it was ‘whack.’ Yes, whack. W-H-A-C-K.... Continue Reading →
Sermon: Pergamum
Rev. 2:12-17 I invite you to open your bibles with me to the book of Revelation. Revelation is the last book in the Bible. Revelation 2, beginning in verse 12. Over the last several weeks we have been studying the letters to the churches in Revelation. And these letters are not only for those they... Continue Reading →
Sermon: Smyrna
I invite you to open your bibles with me to the book of Revelation. Revelation is the last book in the Bible - number 66 out of 66. If you are in any other book in the Bible, you have not gone far enough. If you are looking at the back cover, you have gone... Continue Reading →
Sermon: Remembering Your First Love
When John received the Revelation of Jesus Christ, he was told to write down what he saw and send it to the seven churches - to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamum, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodocea. The vision John received was not just for him, it was for the church. In... Continue Reading →
Sermon: The Revelation of Jesus Christ
The revelation of Jesus Christ - these are the opening words of the book we know as “Revelation” or “the Apocalypse of John.” In these next several weeks, we will be listening to God speak through this incredible (and often confusing) book. But before we hear about lambs and living creatures, jasper, carnelian, and emeralds,... Continue Reading →
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