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Last weekend, a special couple from church celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. These are a few thoughts that were shared at the service, taken from Ephesians 5:22-27. The responsibility of husbands is to relinquish their own sin first, set their love and affection constantly on their wife and pursue strong and gentle leadership. 1. Christ [...]

You have probably heard the title “stay at home mom.”  This refers to mothers who assume the primary responsibility for taking care of their children while the husband is at work. When I hear the title “Stay at home,” I think of two things. 1) The word “stay” as a verb or command: “You, stay [...]

East Balsam resides in a field just off of 110th street.  It is in a rural community, lots of farms, trees and lakes. We have no skyscrapers or 3 lane highways. There is not the noise of car horns or buses. You won’t hear anyone yell out “taxi” or watch a sea of faces swarming [...]

In II Corinthians 10, Paul gives a description of how Christians are to fight in the world: “We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ…. (2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV). This is the call for every believer and every church. What thought has [...]

The following admonition from the Puritan John Owen should stir your soul to fight sin. Indwelling Sin Not Only Abides, But Is Still Acting “Sin does not only still abide in us, but is still acting, still laboring to bring forth the deeds of the flesh. When sin lets us alone we may let sin [...]

Being a man is about more than being male.  In other words, while one can be male, one can very easily never really become a man.  To become a man is to take responsibility, to be a gentle leader, to be both tough and tender.  It is to assume the kind of authority that makes [...]

Richard Steele (1629-1692) a puritan preacher from Chesire England had this to say about hypocrisy: “An upright saint is like an apple with rotten specks, but a hypocrite is like the apple with a rotten core. The sincere Christian has a speck of passion here, there one of worldliness, and there one of pride. But [...]

Next weekend, we will be rolling out new ESV Bibles at our morning service.  The ESV is short for English Standard Version. This version has been around since 2001 and has made giant strides in offering its readers an accurate translation of the Bible in highly readable and artistic language. This is a short description [...]

I’ve been enjoying re-reading parts of Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis. Here is an insightful excerpt from page 205: “I find I must borrow yet another parable from George McDonald. Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is [...]