Out with the old and in with the new. The cycle of individual, congregational and institutional life. "Reformed and Always Reforming”

And he said, ‘I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim before you the name, “The LORD”; and I will be gracious to whom I will…

God’s people belong only to God. God will not let them go. Neither leaders nor people can find a better deal elsewhere.

We do not find satisfaction in our hearts by keeping the commandments, indeed, we cannot keep the commandments. Romans 7:7 The disjoint between what we acknowledge as a good way…

How can we stop questioning whether God is among us or not? God chooses us and then we choose God. God doesn’t change his mind.

“May each person present this morning gather what they need today. Amen.” The Spiritual Discipline of Complaining/Disappointment/Grief/Anger

Does the Lord take our side, or do we take sides with God?

How wide a range of thought, belief, speech and practice do you expect within a Christian congregation in general, and this congregation specifically?

12 He said, ‘I will be with you; and this shall be the sign for you that it is I who sent you: when you have brought the people out…