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Pastor Rick Duncan God’s aim for our salvation is that we actually become like Jesus (Romans 8:29). C.S Lewis wrote, “The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that. all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself are simply…
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by Kevin Lorow, Cuyahoga Valley Church Worship Arts Assistant SONG OF THE WEEK: Tremble – Mosaic MSC “Your name is a Light that the shadows can’t deny.” The name of our Lord is a powerful one. We’re told in Scripture that demons tremble at His name and the darkness flees at His presence. There is…
\"Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uniformed\" (1 Corinthians 12:1). Spiritual gifts are special abilities given by the Holy Spirit to every believer according to God\'s grace, to be used to serve others and therefore build up the Body of Christ. Every believer has at least one gift. No one has…
By Pastor Nate Green Throughout human history every person has asked the following questions: What is my purpose? Why am I here? The Westminster Shorter Catechism answers this question with: The chief end of man is to glorify God and, and to enjoy Him forever. This statement sums up what the Bible teaches about our…
“All things are lawful” (6:12; 10:23), BUT… Will this help me and others or harm me and others (6:12a)? Will this free me or enslave me (6:12b)? Will this cause my brothers to stand or to stumble (8:9, 13)? Will this build up or tear down (10:23)? Will this result in good for my neighbor…
By Brenda Leisinger, Generous Life Director OK, so you are probably thinking, what does giving have to do with worship. If you are like me you grew up thinking worship was all about the music, otherwise why would the music director be called the Worship Pastor? Well, I found out later that worship was about…
No one enjoys suffering. Suffering is difficult. Whether it’s suffering for doing what’s right, or going through trials that God has allowed for various purposes that we may not understand, both are hard. So how do we continue to worship God in the midst of suffering? Let’s start by acknowledging that suffering is part of…
Worship is a declaration of faith in God. When we worship God, we get our eyes off ourselves and others and set our hearts on God, the only one who supersedes all things. Faith comes by hearing the Word of God (Romans 10:17). Therefore, large portions of this worship topic will be directly from Scripture.…
Let me begin by saying that I don’t fully understand God’s presence (obviously!), so this isn’t comprehensive, but what I write here are things that we know are true about God’s presence from His revealed Word to us. God’s Word is living and active, His presence isn’t something to just know about, we should experience…
There are so many worship songs that are widely available and accessible to the church these days. This is good because God’s Word encourages and commands us to “sing a new song to the Lord” (see Psalm 96:1, 98:1, 144:9 and Isaiah 42:10). The challenge for worship leaders is which song to choose with so…
Those of us who remember 911, remember where we were when we heard the tragic news and watched the traumatizing videos. May today be a day where we remember where we were when we heard the good news that Roe V Wade was overturned! What a righteous and historical win after decades of faithful prayer…
By Pastor Nate Green How we worship God, or in other words, the “style” in which we worship God is an age old issue that we still wrestle with today. But God’s Word gives us clarity on what He desires from us. One of the first Biblical glimpses we get of this is in Genesis…
Ephesians 6:1–3 - Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. [2] “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), [3] “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” (ESV) Proverbs 23:25 - Let your father and mother be glad; let…
