One of the main distinctive of Reformed theology is its adherence to the Scripture alone as the sole rule of faith and practice. Therefore, hold tightly to what are called the "Doctrines of Grace". The Doctrines of Grace are, to Reformed believers, the consistent teaching of the Scriptures that God is in complete control of the Salvation ...

Just to make us think.

" The apostles never traveled far from the simple facts of Christ's life, death, resurrection, ascension, exaltation, and second advent. These things, of which they were the witnesses, constituted the staple of all their discourses. . . .

What a rebuke this should be to those in modern times who are ever ...

Just to make us think.

" The apostles never traveled far from the simple facts of Christ's life, death, resurrection, ascension, exaltation, and second advent. These things, of which they were the witnesses, constituted the staple of all their discourses. . . .

What a rebuke this should be to those in modern times who are ever ...

Psalm 24

1The earth is the LORD's, and the fullness thereof;
the world, and they that dwell therein.

 ²For he hath founded it upon the seas,
and established it upon the floods.

 ³Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD?
or who shall stand in his holy place?

 ⁴He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart;
who hath

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 Well, I'm back.

Its been a while. I have been on hiatus for a while and I missed you. I’m back to, hopefully get our theological synapses fired up and “spur you on to love and good works”

This weekend, Pastor Jim shared his thoughts and perspective on worship. I appreciate Jim's passion and

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Its a late night, but the gathering of believers to worship God is only hours away. I am moved, however to encourage you to think as you worship. 

Feeling is, of course welcome, but I encourage you to engage your mind as well as your emotions as you come before God. Consider that He has invited you to come before Him. He has opened the ...

Quite a morning.
Imagine everything for Sunday worship is planned, prepared and primed to go...only to to have to regroup, re-plan and pretty much do worship improv style. That's pretty much how it went this Sunday. The power went out of the building, but the power turned on in the body of Christ.

The Holy Spirit humbled us and showed us that ...

Here's a great video to watch from Global Media Outreach Ministries about how God loves you and how he has a plan for you!

Blessings!

 I was so tired.

I had a job the night before entertaining at a wedding where the sobriety of the guests was sorely in question. My goal was to try to make it out of there unscathed. I arrived at home at about 2:30 AM, slept for a few hours, and then got up to go to Church.

My contacts felt like medium grit sandpaper on

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"You meant evil against me but God meant it for good"

I had a great dog. His name was Sketch. He was a mutt, a mixture of Doberman, Greyhound and Shepherd. Depending on the task, one of those breeds would come out, for instance, if he was guarding the kids, look around and his ears would be...

Last Sunday we had visitors. Actually, it was a radio station.  Jordan and  WONU 89.7 FM pitched its electronic tent in the Narthex (or Foyer for those of you in Rio Linda:)). I guess the idea was to feature Peace as the Church of the week and perhaps give listeners a taste of our time of fellowship. Cool.

My problem was...knowing &...

 I looked around the sanctuary, (yes, I still call it a sanctuary) as Pastor Eric spoke about the analogy of the grains of sand and how it illustrates our lives within the scope of God's purpose and its significance. We were given communion cups filled with multicolored sand. Each color bright and vibrant, you know, like the craft ones kids ...

 I saw this on Steve Camp's website and I had to share it..

1. How many Charismatics does it take to change a light bulb? One to change the bulb, and nine to pray against the spirit of darkness.

2. How many Calvinists does it take to change a light bulb? None, God has predestined when the light will be on. Calvinists do not

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Well, we are back home after a romp to the South East. Our family traveled the Turnpikes to the mountains of Virginia and spent some time with a family friend, Mr. Leon (Buttons) McBryde. Mr. McBryde was a Ringling clown from the class of 1969, a gentle giant with a heart carved from precious gold. He is a simple believer, living between the Blue ...