Attributes of God - Impassibility
Blind rage. It’s a rather evocative phrase that gets at the heart of the passions of humanity. In polite terms, we might describe such a...
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Donny Friederichsen
- Jun 4, 2019
- 4 min
Attributes of God - Omnipotence and Omniscience
Marvel’s movie The Avengers: Infinity War introduced audiences to the comic book character Thanos. Thanos is the fictional supervillain...
Donny Friederichsen
- May 29, 2019
- 4 min
Attributes of God - Aseity
John Donne’s Meditation XVII includes this well-known passage: No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the...
Christopher Diebold
- May 22, 2019
- 3 min
Attributes of God - Goodness
This week we temporarily pick up one of the communicable attributes of God, i.e. those attributes of God that we possess to a degree....
Donny Friederichsen
- May 15, 2019
- 4 min
Attributes of God - Simplicity
There was an old nursery rhyme I knew as a kid. “What are little boys made of? / Snips and snails / And puppy dogs tails / That’s what...
Donny Friederichsen
- May 3, 2019
- 4 min
Attributes of God - Immutability
The Christian writer A.W. Tozer once said, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” What...
Jared Smith
- Apr 16, 2019
- 2 min
The Bible - Book by Book - Job
Why do bad things happen to good people? This question boggles the mind of humanity, both from ancient days to the present. There may be...
Christopher Diebold
- Apr 9, 2019
- 4 min
The Bible - Book by Book - Esther
When we read the Bible, it can sometimes feel like extraordinary events happen every day in the lives of Biblical men and women. Abraham...
Donny Friederichsen
- Apr 3, 2019
- 4 min
The Bible - Book by Book - Nehemiah
There is a lot of discussion in modern American politics about walls. Some see a moral imperative to build a wall to protect the nation...
Donny Friederichsen
- Mar 26, 2019
- 3 min
The Bible -Book by Book - Ezra
The book of Ezra begins with the same words that end 2 Chronicles. Chronologically, it would make sense for Ezra to follow immediately...
Donny Friederichsen
- Mar 15, 2019
- 4 min
The Bible - Book by Book - 1 & 2 Chronicles
The books of 1 & 2 Chronicles are probably some of the most overlooked books of the Bible. The content is often seen as a repetition of...
Christopher Diebold
- Mar 6, 2019
- 4 min
The Bible - Book by Book - Kings
The books of 1 & 2 Kings are a study in the unraveling of the people of Israel. Things begin promising with the building of the Temple,...
Christopher Diebold
- Feb 21, 2019
- 4 min
Salvation as Re-creation
The transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly is, in my opinion, one of the most remarkable natural processes that God designed....
Donny Friederichsen
- Feb 20, 2019
- 4 min
Jesus Stopped
When I was in third grade, my teacher, Mrs. Everett, stopped and pulled me aside to speak to me. She got down on my level, looked me...
Christopher Diebold
- Feb 9, 2019
- 4 min
Re-creation through De-creation
I grew up in the heyday of VHS, and I still like them. Every time my siblings and I are together for Christmas, we watch a number of...
Donny Friederichsen
- Feb 1, 2019
- 4 min
Regret or Repentance?
This was probably a familiar scenario either when you were a child or now as an adult. Some instruction has been given by an authority....
Christopher Diebold
- Jan 26, 2019
- 4 min
The Bible - Book by Book - Colossians
Pastor Chris Diebold I’m a big fan of fondue. For some reason, a meal designed to use up old cheese and stale bread really hits the spot...
Jared Smith
- Jan 23, 2019
- 3 min
Book by Book - Philippians
Pastoral Intern Jared Smith The Apostle Paul’s epistle to the church in Philippi is one of his four epistles written while he was...
Donny Friederichsen
- Jan 16, 2019
- 4 min
Book by Book - Ephesians
While chained to a Roman guard in a prison in Rome, Paul penned the Epistle to the Ephesians. We can connect this to the narrative of...
Christopher Diebold
- Jan 4, 2019
- 4 min
Book by Book - Galatians
The incredible truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ is that salvation comes through grace. There is nothing we can do to atone for our own...
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