By Mark Loder on
7/4/2009 5:35 PM
July 4, 2009
Mark 6:1-13
At Home in Jesus
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By Mark Loder on
6/28/2009 5:34 PM
June 28, 2009
Mark 5:21-43
Your Faith Has Made You Well
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By Mark Loder on
6/17/2009 5:36 PM
June 17, 2009
Psalm 66
How Awesome Are Your Deeds
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By Mark Loder on
5/27/2009 5:40 AM
This Way or That
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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By Mark Loder on
5/24/2009 5:41 AM
Bittersweet
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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By Mark Loder on
5/13/2009 5:44 AM
The Result of Life
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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By Mark Loder on
4/29/2009 3:46 PM
2 Chronicles 20:1-30
Embracing Impossibilities
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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By Mark Loder on
4/10/2009 4:45 PM
John 19:16-30
A Purpose for What Christ Did
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Here we stand; on this sacred and solemn day, we stand in awe at the foot of the cross. The world may have its constant noise and motion, may be blind to the things of God. But today/tonight, we gather together and open our eyes, our ears, and all our senses to the one great reality of what we’ve sung in the Good Friday hymn:
Stricken, smitten, and afflicted, See Him dying on the tree!
‘Tis the Christ, by man rejected; Yes, my soul, ‘tis He, ‘tis He!
‘Tis the long-expected Prophet, David’s Son, yet David’s Lord;
Proofs I see sufficient of it: ‘Tis the true and faithful Word.
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By Mark Loder on
4/1/2009 3:58 PM
Matthew 2:13-20
The King Who Couldn’t Kill Jesus
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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By Mark Loder on
1/1/2009 6:19 PM
New Year's Resolutions: good or bad?
On the good side, I'm all for people bettering themselves. Face it: bad habits don't require willpower or planning. We just slip into them as we go along. There's a reason why people write books about pursuing excellenceno one needs a game plan to chase down mediocrity. Now and again, it's good to take stock and see if our habits need changing; and, along with smoke detector batteries, the start of a new year is as good a time as any.
On the bad side, New Year's resolutions have become a punch-line. People declare intentionsoften grounded more in Christmas cheer and holiday optimism than reality, and for the most part they're going to simply give up in a matter of days or weeks. Good intentions accomplish nothing. We need fewer people to say, "I'll try", and more who just do what needs to be done.
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