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REST, INC., Part 2

Finding Rest in (and for) a Restless World Dear Friends— When did so many of the mainline denominations begin to go adrift and lose their way? Why? How? What happened?…

Dennis Nelson In Devotions, Weekly Devotions

Devotional for September 30, 2018

CAN WE REALLY BE AT PEACE WITH ONE ANOTHER? Devotional for September 30, 2018 based upon Mark 9: 50 and Ephesians 4: 31-32 We read about and feel the tone…

Jeffray Greene In Daily Devotions

Devotion for Wednesday, November 29, 2017

“For behold, they have set an ambush for my life; fierce men launch an attack against me, not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Lord, for no guilt…

Dennis Nelson In Weekly Devotions

Weekly Devotional for Christ the King Sunday, November 26, 2017

FIRST WORDS AND FINAL WORDS Devotional for Christ the King Sunday, November 26, 2017 based upon Matthew 25: 31-46 I retired on June 30, 2014, after serving as pastor of…

Steven Gjerde In Weekly Devotions

Weekly Devotional for November 8, 2017

"He who sits on the throne will shelter them with His presence.” (Rev. 7:15) The old sinner in us doesn’t always like the term “shelter.” Are we so weak that…

Jeffray Greene In Daily Devotions

Saturday, October 14, 2017 Devotion

“Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; according to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me…

Steven Gjerde In Weekly Devotions

Weekly Devotional for October 4, 2017

“Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.” (St. Paul, writing in Philippians 2:3) As our nation faces another shocking set of murders,…