I see a small but important distinction in speaking about God and His glory. Consider this sentence (from my morning reading), “God does what he does for his glory and for the good of his people.” This wording suggests that God does things “for” his glory and hints that to his glory something can be …
“We want to meet with you, Lord!” The MCA Worship Community hungers and thirsts for the presence and glory of God in our lives. Just like the Ark of the Covenant carried the glory of God, we long to carry his glory too. Our weekend service order (Ordo) is intentionally designed from our understanding of …
Pastor Fay, Chuck, and Nicole were honored for Pastor Fay’s twenty-five years of ministry at MCA Church. This spectacular milestone served as a reminder to all of our congregation of the faithfulness of God in providing shepherds for His flock. The evening service highlighted the large variety of ministries in which the Niemann’s have been …
Following are my notes for my message, “Live Local: My Duty.” May God be glorified. Live Local: My Duty Place matters! People and places are often connected by God. • Abraham followed God’s guidance to “a place I will show you.” Genesis 12:7 • The Israelites were given, by God, “the Promised Land.” Deuteronomy 1:8 …
Let’s sing the hymn together, “This is my story, this is my song. Praising my Savior all the day long!” We are designing much of our ministry around the faithful interaction of Jesus (the Word) with the story of our lives. As you and God write the script of your life, a beautiful story line …
My reflection upon Jesus as The Word is providing insights I have never seen before. The Word is more expansive and infused into everything than I have previously imagined. Genesis 1 reveals God as The Speaker, Jesus as the Speech, and The Holy Spirit as the Speaker and Speech’s Breath. Without a doubt, the Father, …
Usually, after my family goes to sleep, I take some time to read, pray, think, meditate, and consider. Although I am not much into what the media calls “news,” I have been noticing many events that gain most of the world’s attention. These events, in some way, intersect with God’s promise to Abraham: “All the …
MCA is totally fired up about the work of the Holy Spirit that is bringing blessing out of difficulty, benefit out of challenge, and purpose out of aimless living. God works often against and in spite of the dominant story line of the world’s culture. We are collecting your counter stories for two reasons. 1. …
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A bold follower of Jesus Christ was assassinated in Pakistan a couple of days ago. With great devotion to our Lord, he proclaimed that he would be faithful to the call of God even in the face of death threats from the Taliban, Sharia Law proponents, and Al Qaeda. These wicked, God-less, and violent types …
Yesterday I launched a series of talks called, “Counter Story.” Two years ago Dr. Joe Castleberry mentioned in a talk at the Holy Spirit Conference that the Holy Spirit is the One to write the script of our lives. Since that time I have been contemplating the story lines of our lives and the who, …