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City Lights & Christmas
CITY LIGHTS & CHRISTMAS The name of this newsletter has been “City Lights” for decades. It’s based on Matthew 5:14–16: “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and...
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Being, Not Just Making, Disciples
We describe the mission of our church this way: “To make, mature, and multiply disciples of Jesus Christ.” We’ve known other churches who use this as their mission statement, and we thought it was a good summary of Matthew 28:18–20: “And Jesus came and said...
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At a Word From Jesus
“[B]ut say the word, and let my servant be healed.” —Luke 7:7b When the Roman centurion said this to Jesus, Jesus was amazed. Many people misunderstood and underestimated Jesus. Some had already openly opposed him. And yet this outsider recognized something about...
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Merciful Father
Luke 6:35 “But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great…” Why should I love my enemies? Here’s one major reason we weren’t able to delve into fully in this past Sunday’s sermon on Luke 6:27–36: Because you...
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Blue Skies, Kind God
“Why is the sky blue?” The question popped into my head one morning as I was looking at it through my window. I wasn’t thinking about the science of refracted light that affect the sun’s rays racing through the earth’s atmosphere, but about why God made the sky like...
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God Is Like This
How does God make himself known? Our triune God, being infinite and everywhere-present, is invisible—and I’ve become more comfortable with this reality over the years. I think there were times when it used to trouble me, the question, Why doesn’t God show himself? I...