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24 Nov

Hardships & True Thankfulness: On the 400th Anniversary of Thanksgiving 1621

November 24, 2021
By Joe Tyrpak

If this year is the hardest year yet for thanksgiving, then let me suggest that it’s probably the best opportunity yet for you to magnify God’s worth by giving thanks to him. Hardships, in fact, provide the best occasion for true...

27 Aug

Announcements, Devotional Thoughts

Your Best Life Later

August 27, 2021
By Chris Anderson

"In this world you will have tribulation." That's a promise of Jesus, written in red letters in many Bibles. But it's not one we quote often. There are other words of Jesus very like it: "Blessed are you when others revile...

28 Apr

Announcements

President Biden and the Armenian Genocide

April 28, 2021
By Paul Keew

Last Saturday, on April 24, President Biden officially recognized the massacre of Armenians during WWI (1915–1917) by the Ottoman Empire as a genocide—a term that American presidents have avoided in the past so as not to strain diplomatic relations with...

25 Nov

Devotional Thoughts

Gospel Meditations on Thanksgiving

November 25, 2020
By Chris Anderson

Take a mental Thanksgiving snapshot. What does it look like? For me, it's a cornucopia overflowing with vegetables (although I'm an unabashed carnivore). It's the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, complete with its giant, inflatable, pilgrim-duds-wearing turkey. It's NFL games featuring...

16 Jun

Perspective

My First Stillborn Memorial Service

June 16, 2020
By Chris Anderson

I have led a lot of funeral services during my twenty-plus years of ministry. Each one is painful and beautiful in its own way. Each one gives a unique opportunity to comfort the family, honor the deceased, and preach the...

16 Apr

Perspective

Quarantine: Nothing New Under the Sun

April 17, 2020
By Chris Anderson

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Dickens' timeless statement aptly describes my feelings about the response of Christians to the COVID-19 crisis. I've been encouraged to see churches adapt so quickly to these challenging times. "Zoom" was unknown...

26 Mar

Devotional Thoughts

Fighting for Joy in Times of Trouble

March 26, 2020
By Chris Anderson

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." Word nerds everywhere are grateful to Inigo Montoya for this profound statement. People use words they don't understand all the time. Simple words, even. Joy is one...

20 Mar

Devotional Thoughts

God Is Always Good

March 20, 2020
By Chris Anderson

In these difficult times, we wanted to share an article that we thought would be particularly encouraging (and challenging). This is Day 1 from our devotional Gospel Meditations for the Hurting by Chris Anderson and Joe Tyrpak. We pray that...

31 Oct

Devotional Thoughts, Guest Post

The Eye of Faith

October 11, 2024
By Guest Author

One of Luther’s central insights at the Reformation was the nature and importance of faith. For him, faith is famously that which justifies, which makes us right with God. This is not because of any intrinsic virtue faith itself possesses....

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