Looking at the Scriptural truths of how we should view ourselves in Christ within Stuart Townend's hymn "How Deep the Father's Love"....

Wearing a Mask for the Glory of Christ I am (like many of you, I think) to the point of just closing my eyes and shaking my head at all of the events of this year. The latest ordinance now for Springfieldians is the mandate to wear a face covering in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. To be honest, my initial, fleshly reaction to this mandate is one of suspicion, d...

"Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that Idesire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is thestrength of my heart and my portion forever." (Psalm 73:25-26) How would you complete the following sentence?My greatest desire is _______________. How you would truthfully fillin that blank is the most telling thing about you! Certainly, t...

"Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; theyreceived the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily tosee if these things were so." (Acts 17:11)Paul and Silas' teaching in Thessalonica caused such an uproar that the believers there sent the two missionaries away, fearing for their lives. They traveled down the road to the next town, Berea, ...

Summit - home to neighborhood missionaries ...

I read some very challenging words from Paul this morning in Acts 20:24:"But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, ifonly I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from theLord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God."Paul was heading back to Jerusalem after completing his third missionary journey, certain to face impris...

"And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. 'Teacher,which is the great commandment in the Law?' And he said to him, 'Youshall love the Lord God with all your heart and with all your soul and withall your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second islike it: Your shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these twocommandments depend all th...