We serve God and our neighbor through our work
Every job is a divine calling to serve others.
Every job is a divine calling to serve others.
Acts 9:31 says that “the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.” The fear of the Lord—the fear of God—is central to the Church of God. John Murray, a 20th-century Presbyterian theologian, called the fear of the Lord the ‘soul of godliness,’ the soul of the Christian life. Yet it’s a term and concept we rarely hear about in our churches today. But what is the fear of the Lord? The Reformed theologian Wilhelmus...
We find ourselves at the end of the long Nordic winter! Winter is a time for hibernation, focusing on our own projects at home, watching TV, lighting a candle, shutting the door and waiting out the darkness and cold. Sounds cozy, right? But it can also be a lonely time for many, particularly (but not exclusively) for those living on their own. We take our Vitamin D regularly but it can only go so far against seasonal depression (SAD) symptoms. Additionally, the lack of meaningful social connection and intimacy can cause deep emotional pain. However, what if we saw this...
Have you ever heard someone say, “that was such a good meeting,” after a worship service? Or, “what a powerful gathering we just had”? What exactly is meant by such statements? What makes a worship service a good meeting? There are many possible answers, but if we consider these questions in terms of the nature of worship, we might assume that a meeting is good when the worship has made its point and achieved its purpose. What, then, is the purpose of our gatherings? In spirit and in truth Jesus said to a Samaritan woman he met at the well...
Sex is a wonderful, broken thing, but in Christ there is hope and healing.