Posted on April 3, 2008 by Mark Doebler
I went over to the church this afternoon, and as I pulled back into the neighborhood, for the first time this year, I saw the unmistakable signs of life. Trees and shrubs everywhere with those ever so small red tips. There is life there. It’s coming. What has been dormant is now springing back.
I feel [...]
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Posted on March 29, 2008 by Mark Doebler
I just finished watching “To End All Wars”, a movie retelling the true story of POWs who endure horrible treatment from their Japanese captors during WW II while being forced to build a railroad through the Burmese jungle. They find freedom through forgiveness. It is based on the true story of Ernest Gordon.
As with any [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2008 by Mark Doebler
Ben Stein! You know him as a writer and a savvy businessman worth millions. What you may not know is that he is taking on Darwinism and the theory of evolution in a new movie coming out on April 18th, called “Expelled”.
I have added an entire page that gives you links to go explore the [...]
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Posted on March 23, 2008 by Mark Doebler
I absolutely L.O.V.E. Easter….and all that it stands for. Easter is the reason we even exist as a church and as a ministry. Without Easter, it would all be pointless. But Jesus Christ overcame sin, death, and the grave and we can stand in his victory as more than conquerors.
Our service today touched on the [...]
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Posted on March 22, 2008 by Mark Doebler
It is hard for me to imagine what it must have been like on that day of days for Mary and Mary. Matthew 28 tells the story of that early morning arrival of the two women before dawn. In all likelihood, they were still mourning…still shaken that Jesus, this man they had placed so much faith [...]
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