Some of you have experienced the pain of taking off your wedding ring. That is the pain our Savior God shares with us in our devotion for today. Watch it here. What is amazing is that our Savior God is ready to take back his unfaithful people. He wounded God's people in Old Testament...
The events in Kenosha add to our fear and confusion. What happened to Jacob Blake? How should we respond to these events? Violence is producing more violence. Will violence engulf my life? The lives of those whom I love?The words of King Jehoshaphat in our reading from two days ago echo in my...
If you are reading through the Bible with me (see attached Bible reading plan), today you will see that Church is a Team Sport (watch video devotion here). The New Testament lesson (find Romans 16 here) is a great lesson to read in the midst of a pandemic and social...
We are praying the rain holds off and we can enjoy the outdoor service at 10:30 am today. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy the morning. If we are rained out, we will have the service at 10:30 am in the sanctuary. The 10:30 service will be livestreamed (click here) and on The Bridge Facebook...
Satan wanted to tear the church in Rome apart. Eat meat or not eat meat? Worship on the Sabbath or worship any day you choose? The issues have changed, but Satan's desire to tear the church apart has not. Can we still be united as God's church even if we disagree politically? Watch the...
Last weekend’s message was “Love Sincerely” (available here). In today’s New Testament lesson (find Romans 13 here), Paul says we have “the continuing debt to love one another.” Below is an opportunity to put love into practice at Lighthouse Youth Center...
One of the speakers at the Global Leadership Summit this year mentioned that the best way to prepare for the future was to study the past. The windows in our sanctuary teach that same lesson (view the devotional introduction here). The Chronicler had that same purpose in 2 Chronicles 10-12 (find...
Thank you for joining me in this yearly journey through the entire Bible. Attached is the Bible ready plan that I have used for years."All Israel will be saved" is the key phrase in our New Testament reading for today (find Romans 11:11-36 here). In Romans 8:28, Paul assured us that all...
We are reading through some of the darkest times of the Old Testament. Baal worship was established as the national religion in the northern nation of Israel under King Ahab and his descendants. In the southern nation of Judah, Athaliah, the queen mother and a member of Ahab's family, murdered...
Our Traditional Weekend Worship is available for viewing here. We are continuing our message series on the last five chapters of Romans entitled In View of God's Mercy. Today it is our prayer that our God does the impossible in us - that he enable us to "Love...