FROM ELDER DONNIE POHL: While preparing God’s sermon for Sunday, I felt the leading of the Holy Spirit to express the need to be more Christ like and less like the world. I hope I was able to share my…
SUNDAY LEFTOVERS
A PLEASING AROMA
FROM ELDER PETER RICHARDSON: I love a parade, don’t you? I have great memories of watching many 4th of July parades when I was young. Seeing the gleaming fire trucks pass by, listening to the band play as they marched…
RIGHTEOUSNESS, RVC AND THE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH OF AMERICA
FROM PASTOR TIM JOHNSON: Sunday’s message hit on the “right” pursuit of righteousness (by faith) versus the wrong way to pursue righteousness (through the Law). Zeal without knowledge leads to death, zeal with knowledge leads to life. As always with…
ELECTION AND ELECTION AGAIN
FROM PASTOR TIM JOHNSON: I was very blessed by many of the very helpful and encouraging comments concerning Sunday’s message on Election and Reprobation. These are unbelievably hard topics to address, but they are in Romans 9 and we must…
ELECTION REPRISE
FROM PASTOR TIM JOHNSON: Thank you all for your feedback on Sunday’s message on Israel’s Election to be God’s chosen people, and, the nature of election for an individual’s salvation. It’s a difficult topic, but it’s imperative to treat because…
ALL ARE ONLY SAVED BY FAITH IN JESUS: TO THE JEW FIRST, THEN THE GREEK
FROM PASTOR TIM JOHNSON: We’re off to a good start in our series on Romans 9-11. Thank you for the feedback and interest in this topic. And, I am delighted that all of our books entitled “Israel Matters” have been…
LOVING PEOPLE TO HELL
FROM PASTOR TIM JOHNSON: Several people commented on this one line from Sunday’s sermon “you can love people into hell.” All were convicted that the singular important goal of loving someone is to share the truth of the Gospel because…
RAPTURE READY
FROM PASTOR TIM JOHNSON: Thank you to all who were able to help and participate in our Annual Business Meeting. We had a great time of discussion, food, good questions, fellowship and worship as we celebrated what God did through…
UNITY IS A GIFT FROM GOD
FROM PASTOR TIM JOHNSON: One of the great ironies of unity, and many other desired attributes in life, is that the harder we pursue it for its own sake, the more elusive it becomes. It’s a bit like quicksand; the…
CREATION AND HERMENEUTICS
FROM PASTOR TIM JOHNSON: Many thanks to all for the helpful and encouraging comments from Sunday’s message! It is always a sticky area among fervent Bible believers to address how to interpret Genesis 1. One saint pointed out that the…
