Pastor Jeff’s Blog

by Jeff Marian I want to talk about one of the many contradictions found in scripture related to how we navigate entrusting ourselves to God’s care AND protecting ourselves when […]

…but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the […]

Though he was God, Christ did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges, he took the humble position of […]

You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. – James 1:19 A couple of weeks ago I was out with a friend. We […]

Your attitude should be the kind that was shown us by Jesus Christ, who, though he was God, did not demand and cling to his rights as God, but laid […]

So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. – Genesis 1:27 At the first modern […]

“Come, follow me,” Jesus said. – Matthew 4:19 Jesus never said, “Be like me.” Being transformed into the likeness of Jesus is the work of the Holy Spirit. If you’ve […]

“Then a Samaritan came along, and when he saw the man, he felt compassion for him. Going over to him, the Samaritan soothed his wounds with olive oil and wine […]

Do not judge… – Luke 6:37 I watched as dozens of bank swallows swooped above the water like a troop of acrobats, eating the insects that hovered on the lake’s […]

“Listen carefully: Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is […]