by Walt Groff | Sep 4, 2020 | Pastor's Corner, Uncategorized
The experience of the last six months has put the world into a waiting cycle. We have been trying to anticipate things we cannot see. At the beginning of COVID-19, we hung on the words of the CDC and the WHO waiting to hear how we should respond to this new virus. We...
by Walt Groff | Aug 20, 2020 | Pastor's Corner
Nehemiah chapter eight came up in my Bible study today. It describes a moment in the history of the Jewish people when they have returned to Jerusalem from Babylon where they were exiled after losing a war with the Babylonians. They had just finished reconstructing...
by Walt Groff | Aug 14, 2020 | Pastor's Corner
In the book of Revelation, we see a picture of an all-powerful global government controlling every aspect of human life, particularly as it relates to worship. It’s a tyrannical organization trying to get all mankind to unite in the worship of a government-sanctioned...
by Walt Groff | Aug 7, 2020 | Pastor's Corner
Paul and Silas are a couple of New Testament characters that are famous for singing while locked up in a prison. They had been arrested for telling the story of Jesus in Philippi. (A Major Greek city in the first century.) It’s still not the most popular topic in a...
by Walt Groff | Jul 18, 2020 | Pastor's Corner
A devotional I read recently reminded me of the last scenes of the movie “Saving Private Ryan.” I must admit that I have never seen the whole film. I found it too violent to watch without skipping major portions. (Particularly the opening scenes.) I watched enough to...
by Walt Groff | Jul 10, 2020 | Pastor's Corner
Presentation1I’ve been thinking lately about the “outreach” of God to the world. The Bible shows us the work God is doing through the narrow window of Palestine and the greater Middle East. For example, God was reaching out to the people in Palestine before Abraham...
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