Findlay Evangelical Free Church

The world has seen some amazing basketball moments.  In fact, one of the great moments I saw was

For the last time this season cars entered our church parking lot just before 6:00 am for our Men’s Fraternity Bible study.  The men had done this 24 times before,

The life of Judas Iscariot is a puzzling picture of someone who completely missed the magnificence on Jesus.  When I think of him I wonder how someone could be so close to Jesus the Son of God, and see all that he saw,

Wow, what a title!  Are we allowed to say that?   The article by this name that I read a few weeks ago (Dec. 9, 2011) was written by Daniel Gulati and published in the Harvard Business Review.  In it he outlines some of the ways Facebook is affecting people for the worse. 

When I was in High School and College I did not like to read.  I’d rather have been outside doing something than reading a book for pleasure.  In fact, ‘reading’ and ‘pleasure’ were antonyms by my judgment! 

I’ve really enjoyed studying the Bible for our Christmas series entitled  ’Gift Wrapped God.’  The mystery of God becoming flesh and all that means is really fascinating. 

Yesterday in my sermon I shared an illustration about artificial vs. real Christmas trees.  The illustration really wasn’t about the benefits of one over the other, but about how people try to achieve ‘real’ life apart from Jesus by ‘decorating’ their life with all sorts of pursuits. 

On Sunday November 13, we took the time in our service to highlight and pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters across the world.  That evening we included a time of prayer for them during our all-church prayer night.  It definitely was a powerful and encouraging prayer service, as many people, including youth, came out [...]

This past Saturday I was surprised to see a whole lot more people show up to rake leaves for our service project than I had anticipated!  Good problem! 

I’ve finished Rob Bell’s most recent book called Love Wins: A book about heaven, hell, and the fate of every person who ever lived.  Quite a title.