by Gary Prickett | Apr 28, 2021 | Announcements
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be on traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth… Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” presents the lament of a...
by Gary Prickett | Apr 27, 2021 | Announcements
As we move into the story of Ruth, keep in mind our place in the “Story of Everything”. Recall how Judges closes: “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. (Judges 21:25)” Thus the opening to the Book of Ruth comes as no...
by Gary Prickett | Apr 26, 2021 | Announcements
Remember, in His Word, God has: Something to see – what does the text saySomething to understand – what does it meanSomething to apply – what does it mean to meSomething to praise – for what are you thankful? (1) Through the Bible Day 1: 1 Kings...
by Gary Prickett | Apr 23, 2021 | Announcements
Samson’s Christ Connection: More than a one thousand years after “the angel of the Lord” appeared to Samson’s mother, another angel gave a young woman a similar prediction: “And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus”...
by Gary Prickett | Apr 22, 2021 | Announcements
One of the idols of our day is personal autonomy and the belief that we are self-determined. We aim to create identities for ourselves, independent from all external authority and accountable to nobody but ourselves – yet at the same time demanding respect and...
by Gary Prickett | Apr 21, 2021 | Announcements
“In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” This is the somber last verse of the Book of Judges: not exactly the stuff of inspirational poster quotes! We need to look no further than Israel’s leaders to see the evidence,...
