24 Dec I Bring You Good News
It is my joy to wish you a most blessed Christmas, as the pastor at Prince of Peace. I am thankful for all of you who make up our Prince of Peace family. I would love to see you during one of our services over the...
It is my joy to wish you a most blessed Christmas, as the pastor at Prince of Peace. I am thankful for all of you who make up our Prince of Peace family. I would love to see you during one of our services over the...
The greatest miracle of Christmas is not that a virgin conceived and bore a son, although that is absolutely amazing. It’s not the angels appearing to shepherds, yet that is pretty awesome, or the Magi following the star which lead them to baby Jesus, truly remarkable. The...
Are you starting to feel it? The busyness of the Christmas season? I am; that’s why I am thankful for this season of Advent. It slows us down and it gives us perspective. Advent helps us to not get sucked into the Christmas whirlwind where we...
Psalm 136 is a call to give thanks to the LORD. I pray that this Thanksgiving you will be able to reflect on how much you are blessed and loved by God in Christ Jesus. His enduring and persistent love for you and me is reason enough...
"Philip, let us sing Psalm 46!" These are the words Martin Luther would often say to his colleague, Philip Melanchthon, during the sometimes very dark days of the Reformation. When Melanchthon or Luther were downcast, they would belt out the great "battle hymn of the Reformation"--...
1 I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? 2 My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 3 He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. 4 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord is...
Here is the text from our last Wednesday night Bible study. We had an encouraging time together working through these verses. They are just too good not to share with you. I hope you find them as uplifting as we do. 1 Timothy 1:12–17 - 12 I thank him who has...
"I cannot change at all what I have consistently taught about this until now, namely, that “through faith” (as St. Peter says) we receive a different, new, clean heart [Acts 15:9-11] and that, for the sake of Christ our mediator [1 Timothy 2:5], God will...
Jesus is in the disciple-making business, and discipleship is not just for the chosen few. it’s for everyone who would follow Jesus – it’s for you and me too. Right after His baptism, signaling the beginning of His public ministry, Jesus gathered men and women who would...
During our Sunday worship services and even our Wednesday chapel services with both preschool and school students, we recite the Apostle’s Creed. This creed is all gift! Every point of this apostolic confession of faith is about what God the Father, God the Son, and God the...