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We read in Acts 8:4: “Therefore they that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word.” The scattering refers to a Saul/Paul...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Oct 56 min read
Turn to the Lord Now
To my shame, I once thought this verse overused. In the 1980-1990’s, it was quoted for every right-wing cause. There was the...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Aug 103 min read
Family Worship
Family Worship From the Pastor’s Desk August 11, 2024 To worship the Lord is to exalt or lift high his name with praise for his glorious...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Jul 273 min read
Law of Sin
“I find then a law, that when I would do good, evil is present with me.” This is a sober...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Jul 203 min read
Trust and Obey
Trust and Obey From the Pastor’s Desk July 21, 2024 To walk by faith is to believe what the Lord says more than we believe our eyes,...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Jan 283 min read
The Christian Not a Hater
Our faith would look very different and be hardly worth the name if our Lord had gone to the cross fussing and fuming. If anyone could...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Jan 215 min read
We Have a Big God
How big is your God? One significant contributing factor to widespread discouragement, anger, despair, and even what is classified as...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Aug 19, 20234 min read
The Savior of Education
As the school year begins, one might well ask the reason for the hubbub, traffic, and colossal expenditure. If there was a grand societal...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Jun 3, 20233 min read
Three Invincible Truths for Parents
The Lord’s directions to parents are different from worldly wisdom. He will not bless any parenting that does not exalt his Son. Christ...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
May 6, 20233 min read
Keep Yourselves in God’s Love
God loves us. “The Father himself loves you” (John 16:27). The Holy Spirit loves us (Rom. 15:30). The Lord Jesus loved us and gave...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Mar 12, 20234 min read
The Sinner’s Relief and Liberty in Jesus Christ
Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, "Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Mar 5, 20236 min read
The Heart of a Child
Godly parents are a challenge to the heart of a child. By godly I mean those who have more than a form of religion (2 Tim. 3:5) and know...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Feb 5, 20235 min read
Guilt and Its Divine Remedy
Man is made in God’s image, to be like him, mirroring his holiness, knowledge, and righteousness. Sin has marred this image, but it has...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Jan 29, 20236 min read
The Christian and Sorrow
The Scriptures speak of a kind of sorrow that is a “howling” of soul (Ps. 77:3), a wounded or crushed spirit (Prov. 18:14), and an...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Jan 22, 20233 min read
Serving Jesus Christ
It is a relished aspect of modern life to look forward to the next fun or big thing – an afternoon playing video games, a vacation, an...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Nov 13, 20223 min read
To Glorify God
Each man and woman is created in God’s image to glorify him. We glorify God when, like a mirror, we reflect his beauty, holiness, and...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Oct 29, 20223 min read
On Our Master’s Mission
The idol behind all other idols is the “my will first” sinner. It was Satan’s first lie: “You shall be as gods, determining good and evil...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Oct 22, 20226 min read
The Beast We Face
It is humiliating before the Lord to face that your own national government is an extension of Satan’s kingdom of lying, theft, and...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Oct 15, 20225 min read
Sin, Repentance, and Forgiveness
Some years ago, I corresponded with a murderer. While in prison, the Lord saved him. He said something to me I will never forget. “I know...
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Rev. Chris Strevel
Oct 4, 20224 min read
Wheels of Providence
God’s providence is his “preserving and governing all his creatures, ordering them and all their actions, to his own glory.” Ezekiel...
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