God Is Calling – Part Two

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]God calls all Christians to serve God and the neighbor!  [bctt tweet=”God’s calling in our lives is not for self righteousness or self satisfaction. “] God’s people serve because they belong to God’s Kingdom. Belonging to God’s Kingdom makes us agents or members of this agency that functions very differently than human agencies or organizations. […]

God Is Calling – Part One

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  Have you ever wondered about God’s calling in your life? Actually and so often, whenever it comes to answering God’s call, we think of seminary or some kind of formal training. Don’t we? Beginning last Sunday (August 16), we have been exploring all what that means through the series, “God Is Calling” at the United […]

God Is Calling

God Is Calling

Last Sunday, August 16, we started off a new series, “God is Calling.” This is a three-part series, which I explained in this video snippet. I will post more video clips after each Sunday. If you happen to be in town (Harris or Lake Park, IA), please join us for worship on Sundays. God bless you!  […]

Why Aren’t They Coming to Church?

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Why aren’t they coming to church? “Why aren’t they coming to church?” is question that I, as a pastor, ask myself, like daily. I know it is the same question any of the faithful church members would raise too. The question, ‘why aren’t they coming?’ has to do more with the church and less with […]

4 Little Things To Make My Day!

My Day

Aren’t you always glad when you end your day happy and satisfied? Sometimes, it does not seem the case for most of us. I don’t know about you. But, what I have seen, in my  case, is that there is always always a thing, which will often change, at times, the course of my day […]

The 2 Things the Holy Spirit gives to the Believer!

The 2 things the Holy Spirit gives to the Believer!  “Why the Holy Spirit and how does this apply to me?” is the question one could raise today?   Jesus, in His last words to the disciples commanded them not to leave Jerusalem until when the Holy Spirit would have come upon them (Acts 1: […]

Three Reasons Why Celebrate Easter

Easter

There are three reasons why we should celebrate Easter! Before discussing these reasons, let us begin by looking at why Easter and what Easter means to you and me today. Here’s what Easter means to a little girl, and this is Emly, my older daughter. For her school show-and-tell, she decided to take to school […]

Biblical Christianity

Is the Twenty-first century Christianity Biblical?  This is a very good question one could raise to inquire whether our Christian faith in the twenty-first century is still relevant or not. Over three centuries ago, John Wesley raised the same question during his days. In his sermon, Scriptural Christianity, he first described how Christianity started off and […]

The Character of a Christian

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The Character of a Christian can be discussed based on John Wesley’s description of The Character of a Methodist. The grounding point from which Wesley was coming is that being a Methodist (Christian) should result into distinguishing ourselves “from the unbelieving world, from all those whose minds or lives are not according to the Gospel of […]