Hearing the disciples’ plea, Jesus seized a teachable moment. This is what he said: When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men…. When you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to… Continue Reading
Here are some small group discussion question suggestions from Greg Koukl, our speaker at this year’s men’s retreat: Do you have a spiritual mentor? Does he seem so far advanced in his faith that you wonder whether you could do anything productive for the Kingdom? What does Greg say about such “heroes of the faith”… Continue Reading
This week’s passage is about discipline in the family of God – church discipline. But what this passage is really about is helping a member of the family who has strayed from God to find their way home. When someone is caught in sin and refuses to repent, the way home is very, very hard… Continue Reading
Our 1st and possibly biggest family night of the year. Look to buy your car kits outside check-in ($4ea) beginning this Wed, 10/12. For those of you who need help, our annual “Pit Day” is November 5th from 10-2pm. We’ll have tools to help craft your cars and some able-bodied fathers to help along the… Continue Reading
We’ll hike through the hills of the Hidden Valley Nature Reserve looking for owls, participating in some specially planned activities and eating cookies and cocoa. Sparks are free – everyone else is $3 each. Look for a flyer this week with the details Continue Reading
Our annual food drive to benefit the Settlement Home of Corona/Norco. While we’ll gladly take anything you bring, our focus this year, as was last year, will be on providing what is most needed by those who need it most – the staples! This is a color team competition so look for your clubber(s) boxes… Continue Reading
1 Corinthians 4:14-16: I am not writing to embarrass you. I want to help you, just as parents help their own dear children. Ten thousand people may teach you about Christ, but I am your only father. You became my children when I told you about Christ Jesus. I urge you, then, be imitators of… Continue Reading
And they told Mordecai what Esther had said. Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not think to yourself that in the king’s palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews. For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place,… Continue Reading
As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill – Psalm 2:6 Whatever the outcome, any election is a cause for great thanksgiving. Elections are a time of change, sometimes drastic change. Yet, election after election, our nation enjoys constant stability amid continuous revolution. As Christians, we have the added confidence… Continue Reading
Psalm 74 Arise, O God, Defend Your Cause A Maskil[a] of Asaph. 1O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture? 2 Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage! Remember Mount… Continue Reading