Upcoming Book of the Month!
God’s Smuggler, the thrilling story of Brother Andrew’s work behind the Iron Curtain will be our next book of the month. It will be available at the church this Sunday. More details coming soon!
Book of the Month Fellowship Reminder
This Sunday, April 3, we will have a coffee and cookies book discussion in the equipping center after the evening service—but only for those who have finished the book of the month, Respectable Sins, by that time! Please let us know if you are planning on coming.
And I Quote—March 28
But yet it is evident, that religion consists so much in the affections, as that without holy affection there is no true religion. No light in the understanding is good, which does not produce holy affection in the heart; no habit or principle in the heart is good, which has no such exercise; and no…
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Respectable Sins | Part Four
Quotes Selfishness is a difficult sin to expose because it is so easy to see in someone else but so difficult to recognize in ourselves. In addition, there are degrees of selfishness as well as degrees of subtlety in expressing it. One person’s selfishness may be crass and obvious. Such a person usually doesn’t care…
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Friday Findings—March 25
The Friendless Flatterer “One of the most publicly and socially acceptable sins is flattery. That’s why it is also such a dangerous sin. Consider this Yiddish proverb: ‘Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies.’ But the friends made by flattery are not worth having at all.” The Christian Life Isn’t Meant to Be Effortless “When…
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Augustine… Yet Speaking
[L]et me ask of my reader, wherever, alike with myself, he is certain, there to go on with me; wherever, alike with myself, he hesitates, there to join with me in inquiring; wherever he recognizes himself to be in error, there to return to me; wherever he recognizes me to be so, there to call…
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Es•cha•tol•o•gy
Eschatology, coming from the Greek words eschatos (meaning end) and logos, (meaning word), is the study of the doctrine of last things. While eschatology is often used to refer to the detailed study of prophecy, it is important to remember that eschatology includes much more than speculative interpretations of the Apocalypse. At its foundation is…
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Whose Day Anyway?
I have heard the term ever since I was a little girl. Growing up in a church-going home, Sunday was the day we commonly referred to as “the Lord’s Day.” If I happened to see my Pastor on a Saturday, he would say to me, “Tomorrow’s the big day.” The day we set aside to…
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And I Quote—March 21
In accordance with the Father’s good pleasure, the eternal Son, who is equal with the Father and is the exact representation of His nature, willingly left the glory of heaven, was conceived by the Holy Spirit in the womb of a virgin, and was born the God-man: Jesus of Nazareth. As a man, He walked…
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Westside Baptist Church Ladies Retreat—May 12-14
Ladies 12 and older are invited to the Westside Baptist Church Ladies Retreat May 12-14 in Seabrook, Washington. The cost is $130 per person which includes two nights lodging. The speakers this year will be Emily Houston and Debbie Wood. Either register on Realm or with a printed registration form which you can pick up…
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