Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside still waters; He restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for Read More...

Ephesians 5: 8-14 For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light ----- for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true. Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part Read More...

John 9: 25b-2 “One thing I know, that though I was blind, now I see.” They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” He answered them, “I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Read More...

Psalm 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! When I was a little boy, I would go to my room and play. Even as I grew into my high school years, I would often retreat to my room. It was a place Read More...

John 4:29 Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! He cannot be the Messiah, can he? Jesus knew everything about this woman at the well, her shady past, her long list of sins, even the pain she must have suffered. He knows everything but he loves Read More...

Romans 5: 1-2 "Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand." When we met with the hospice chaplain, we didn't quite know what to do. Granny Read More...

Restoration Project Begins at Country Club Christian ChurchCountry Club Christian Church, at 6101 Ward Parkway in Kansas City, Mo., has begun preliminary work on a multimillion dollar restoration project. Crews in a 40-ton, 140-foot  crane have recently removed portions of the stone sculptures along the building's roofline and large sections of the Read More...

"For the promise that he would inherit in the world did not come to Abraham or his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith. If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void."  Romans 4: 13-14 Read More...

Exodus 17:1-3, 5-6 From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. The people quarreled with Moses, and said, "Give us water to drink." Moses said to them, "Why Read More...

My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.  Psalm 121: 2 Lying in bed in my grandmother's Florida home I was surrounded by a comforting sound. The familiar melodies from her harmonica followed by gentle singing of hymns like "Amazing Grace" and "Be Thou My Vision" floated to my Read More...

Now the Lord said to Abram, 'Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will Read More...

"Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews...came to Jesus by night." My friend Bill Rowley is the Director of the Masters in Counseling department at Seattle Pacific University. He is a trained marriage and family therapist. One day I asked him, "What is the hardest part of therapy for your patients?" He said, Read More...

Romans 5: 15b "...the free gift following many trespasses brings justification." Maybe it's my rural Iowa upbringing, but I don't like getting a lot of help from people. I don't want to bother other people to help me. The funny thing is that one of my favorite things in the world to do Read More...

"Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the Lord God had made." Several years ago I led a session for youth and parents on temptation. To begin the work I asked everyone to write down the one thing they struggle with more than anything else. I expected Read More...

by David Diebold, Minister of Music Remember those Isaiah passages that Dr. Miles used for his sermons during Advent? Yes, those beautiful poetic images of the wolf and the lamb, of the desert blooming, of a time when there will be peace in God's realm. On Sun., Mar. 13, the first Sunday Read More...