by Marty Haas | Jan 24, 2023 | Civic Engagement Blogs, Pastor Blogs
I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting. My soul hates your new moons and your appointed feasts, they are a trouble to Me, I am weary of bearing them. When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you, even though you make many prayers, I will not...
by Rachel Klein | Oct 25, 2022 | Pastor Blogs
Suffering is never abstract, theoretical or impersonal. Suffering is real, tangible, personal and specific. The Bible never presents suffering as an idea or a concept but puts it before us in the blood-and-guts drama of real human experiences. When it comes to...
by Rachel Klein | Sep 28, 2022 | Pastor Blogs
Hospitality/Baptism A-Team News Letter for October 2022 What is the church? It’s a place where the lost are found, the tired are renewed, the lonely find community, and the brokenhearted are healed. The place where the family of God worships together. The...
by Marty Haas | Nov 23, 2021 | Articles, Civic Engagement Blogs, Pastor Blogs
But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife. And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that...
by Marty Haas | Nov 6, 2021 | Articles, Civic Engagement Blogs, Pastor Blogs
Isaiah 5:21 — Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and prudent in their own sight!” How do you make decisions? What are your guiding principles? If you will permit me, I would like to suggest a couple. The first question to guide every decision should be this:...
by Ron Tucker | Nov 4, 2021 | Pastor Blogs
Dear Grace Family, We are being censored! Sadly, this is something we knew was coming. The right to free speech has been under attack across our nation for a while now, with churches and thought leaders alike being blocked or otherwise silenced with alarming...