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Author: Rev. Craig Ross

  • Faith Mentors

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    College Devotion, Easter 6 Show yourself in all respects a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, gravity. –Titus 2:7, NRSV We talked a bit about spiritual mentors in church today.  Pr. Sarah and I preached on the spiritual gifts of Evangelism, Faith, and Giving, and we both reflected on people who have…

  • Courageous Faith

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    Email Devotion, Easter 6 I lift up my eyes to the hills – from where will my help come?  My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. –Psalm 121:1-2, NRSV Well, there you have it.  Paul Hewson (better known as Bono) is suspicious of Christians.  Quoted in Sunday’s LRP “Faith & Values”…

  • Knowledge, Wisdom, and Teaching

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    College Devotion, Easter 5 Teach me good judgement and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments. –Psalm 119:66 Today we spoke about “Knowledge, Wisdom, and Teaching” as the spiritual gifts for this week in our sermon series.  You guys should be the experts on this topic.  You cram your minds full of knowledge … you surround…

  • Faith or Science?

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    Email Devotion, Easter 5 “The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.” –Psalm 19:1 I’m currently reading a book called Spook, by Mary Roach.  It is a scientific and investigative examination of a wide variety of experiences made by those who claim to be in touch with spirits in the…

  • Pastor’s Email Cllege Devotion, April 17, 2016

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    Pastor’s Email College Devotion The Week of Easter 4 April 17, 2016 So with yourselves; since you are eager for spiritual gifts, strive to excel in them for building up the church. (1 Corinthians 14:12)              We are halfway through our Easter Sermon Series on “spiritual gifts.”  Today we focused on gifts of “Artistry, Music,…

  • Pastor’s Email Devotion, April 17, 2016

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    Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Easter 4 April 17, 2016 “Take, eat; this is my body.”  (Matthew 26:26)              I was present for my first “rev up” this past Thursday.  Maybe you know what that is … I didn’t.  I had a funeral for a community member who was an avid biker … Harley’s…

  • Pastor’s Email College Devotion, April 10. 2016

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    Pastor’s Email College Devotion The Week of Easter 3 April 10, 2016 To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit.  (1 Corinthians 12:8)              On Saturday, we experienced what I believe was our “onion snow” for the year.  According to…

  • Pastor’s Email Devotion, April 10. 2016

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    Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Easter 3 April 10, 2016 And the one who was seated on the throne said, ‘See, I am making all things new.’ (Revelation 21:5)              It was “Chestnut Central” at church today … a day when we sang three hymns between our two traditional services that are what church people…

  • Pastor’s Email Devotion, April 3, 2016

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    Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Easter 2 April 3, 2016 When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit.’  (John 20:22) I take a deep breath … but it is interrupted by a bit of congestion in my lungs, and I end up in a coughing fit….…

  • Pastor’s Email College Devotion, April 3, 2016

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    Pastor’s Email College Devotion The Week of Easter 2 April 3, 2016 The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.  (John 3:8) Pneuma … wind ……