Pastor Jeff’s Blog

This High Priest of our [Jesus] understands our weaknesses, for he faced all the same testing we do, yet he did not sin. – Hebrews 4:15 Recent research out of Stanford University suggests that [...]

But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently. – Romans 8:25 While my wall calendar says that we just entered the month of December, the [...]

The right word at the right time is like precious gold set in silver. – Proverbs 25:11 I learned from hospice nurses that there are four things that need to be said before someone dies: • I [...]

Behold, I make all things new. – Revelation 21:5 I never intended this Church 2.0 blog to become a series. And I really thought I was done last week. But then I read a recent report from Luther [...]

The future is already here; it is just on the margins. – Dave Gibbons For the last few years the media has overflowed with articles and analysis of the decline of the Church in America. If you [...]

For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. – Matthew 16:25 Last week I blogged about the decline of the Church in America and the need to [...]

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the wine would burst the wineskins, and the wine and the skins would both be lost. New wine calls for new wineskins. – Mark 2:22 Human [...]

There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus. – Galatians 3:28 Last week President Trump and Vice-President Pence visited Minnesota. Not [...]

Love one another the way I loved you. This is the very best way to love. Put your life on the line for your friends. – John 15:13 Like most little boys, I wanted to be a super hero. I wanted to [...]

And among all the parts of the body, the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by [...]