The Grace of the Old Testament God Pastor Walt Groff It is easy to separate God as revealed in the pages of the Old Testament from Jesus as the revelation of God in the New Testament. It is a huge mistake to do so. The New Testament book of Hebrews gives a very specific description of Jesus....

Join us on June 22 as we celebrate the grand opening of our Worship Center! 10:00 a.m. Worship Service 11:45 a.m. Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening Remarks 12:30 p.m. Light lunch and worship center tours   (Adult Discipleship classes will not meet, children's classes will meet as...

After a great deal of discussion and work on a redesign that the City of Rocklin would approve we were informed that they have in fact accepted the most recent revision.  Praise God! Please continue to pray for our church as we navigate this very important project. Thank you for all you do to...

Faith is better when I pursue it in the beauty of the life of Jesus. I know that this can seem daunting. To consider a faith relationship with God in the light of the faith of Jesus is to put myself on the shores of the eternal, alongside the full representation of the Godhead. When we try to do...

I walked every step of that hard trail with my family hand-in-hand. I stepped in to lift and pull and encourage whenever it was needed. I made a safety harness out of my belt for my youngest. And without question, God is a much better parent than me.

Spurgeon preached a sermon that I have never read but have always loved the title of, “The Hound of Heaven”. The gist of the sermon is that God will pursue you like a bloodhound all of your life. Of course, now I have images of the escaping prisoner running through the woods with the sounds of...

Would you pay money for someone to purposely put you in an environment devoid of your normal comforts? An environment with no beds, no central heating and air, no hot showers, and no familiar foods—with water you can’t actually drink? Add to that physical labor more strenuous than you are accustom...

The arrival of Jesus had been talked about and prophesied for 1500 years. Daniel had nailed the prophetic dates so solidly that today we wonder how they missed his arrival. But they really did not miss him. The church was paying attention to Jesus. They kept such a close eye on his that it almost...

In a recent poll of 1,000 Americans, 800 said that the morals of America are worse than they used to be. Do you find yourself agreeing with this sentiment? And if so, is it at least partly your fault that morals are worse? In Alexis de Tocqueville’s observations of American culture, he writes...

It seems to me that our world has been disintegrating—in the most palpable definition of that word. We have, over my lifetime, become more aware of the existence and importance of the other people on our planet—we’ve fought nationalism, segregation, and separatism. And yet, as I sit here today, it...