“For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love. For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ But if you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out! Beware of destroying one another.” – Galatians 5:13-15In o...  Read More

Over the summer, over ninety of our adults participated in Soul Care groups. Each group was comprised of 4-5 people, most being diverse in background, age, and interests. As the weeks rolled by, we began hearing from different ones participating. By and large the responses were very positive. We had groups enjoy dinner together in homes and restaurants, go swimming in a backyard pool and in a publ...  Read More

Each week in the worship guide we provide an order of worship, along with a sermon outline for note-taking, as well as relevant announcements on the back page. In many ways the worship guide can be a great tool for us to use in our personal devotional time throughout the week. First, we can use all of the different Scripture passages as ways to engage Scripture throughout the week, from the call t...  Read More

The battle against Amalek recorded in Exodus 17:8-16 contains some fascinating elements that help us think about how to read and understand the Old Testament. Within these verses there are a number of “firsts” that point us forward to events that will soon be happening. First, the fact that this is the first battle fought points forward to many more battles that will be fought in order to secure t...  Read More

Have you ever wondered what Children’s Ministry is? Well, here’s the Grace 101 answer—Children’s Ministry is designed to help families build a strong spiritual foundation based on the Word of God. We want to support and reinforce these teachings in the homes represented at Grace Church so that we can become true “worshipers in community, engaged in ministry.”Does “worshipers in community, engaged ...  Read More

One of the historical scholarly debates around Exodus 14 is what body of water was actually crossed by Moses and the Israelites. This is primarily due to the fact that the Egyptian rendering of the phrase “red sea” contains a word often translated as “papyrus” or “reed.” In other words, some have suggested that the crossing of the Red Sea was not a supernatural miracle, but rather a tromping throu...  Read More