Visions…
A guest blog by Shawn Blythe. Our Bible reading for this week takes us to the book of Revelation. It is a book centered around the vision John experienced while exiled on the island of Patmos. Although I have personally never experienced a vision that I would attribute to God (most of my visions are likely attributable to eating entirely too much before bedtime), the use of visions in the Bible to communicate important information from God is well documented. Old
Survival of the Fittest
I usually find our Wednesday morning men’s bible study conversations fascinating. Today was no different. So much so that it inspired what I wanted to share with you today.With the men’s bible study, we’ve been slowly working our way through Paul’s most ambitious letter – Romans. Today, we spent a lot of time on two deep, challenging, and rich verses from Romans 12: 1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living
The Next Four Years
Well, it’s Wednesday. The election is over, and someone won…or maybe they’re still counting votes – I don’t know…because I’m writing this on Tuesday morning before the polls opened or a single state was called! So I don’t know whether Harris or Trump (or the third party surprise write-in!) will be our President for the next four years. But regardless of who our next President will be, what will we be for the next four years? We will be the church of Jesus Christ. We will
Mourn With Those Who Mourn
I hope you’re able to enjoy this beautiful fall day a bit. Go out for a walk and appreciate God’s good creation. Also – tomorrow is Halloween – so thank you to all who are going to give out candy here at Central (as well as those who donated it). It’s a great chance to be a light in our town. (Also note: Sunday is Daylight Savings "fall back"!) The big news of course, which weighs heavily on all of our
Intentional or Not…
On Sunday, our fall “Step Up” discipleship series began, and this week, our Step Groups are kicking off. It’s an exciting week around here! (By the way, if you didn’t get your book – we have them at the building now!)As I was going through the material in “Discipleship Essentials,” the book that is guiding our Step Groups, I was continually struck by one word: intentional. He uses the word in the “Core Truth” for the week:Discipling is an intentional relationship in which