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Sunday, September 30, 2012
"Us & Them" / 09-30-12
Listen to Greg Sidders message from Sunday, 09-30-12
Sunday 09-30-12
Somewhere I read, "The taller the building, the deeper the foundation."
That means that before you start building up, you have to dig down. The passage we'll be studying this Sunday at White Pine, Romans 1:18-2:11, is not what I would call "uplifting", but that's because Paul's purpose in writing it was to dig a hole in our heart deep enough to accommodate the foundation of a skyscraper.
I encourage you to trust that God has big plans for your life, so that this Sunday's big dig will feel like tough love--which it most definitely is.
Sunday 09-30-12
Somewhere I read, "The taller the building, the deeper the foundation."
That means that before you start building up, you have to dig down. The passage we'll be studying this Sunday at White Pine, Romans 1:18-2:11, is not what I would call "uplifting", but that's because Paul's purpose in writing it was to dig a hole in our heart deep enough to accommodate the foundation of a skyscraper.
I encourage you to trust that God has big plans for your life, so that this Sunday's big dig will feel like tough love--which it most definitely is.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
"Bridge Inspection"
Listen to Greg Sidders Message, "Bridge To God" From White Pine Community Church / 09-23-12
Everyone who wants to make it to heaven has to cross a bridge of some kind to get from here to there. And no one I know thinks the bridge they're on is unsafe.
But as confident as you may be in the structural integrity of your bridge to God, wouldn't you like to be 100% sure that it's never going to collapse? This is not an area in which you want to be overconfident, and thus under-inspected, is it? Too much is at stake.
So for the next five weeks, we're going to subject our most deeply held beliefs to a biblical inspection. As we study together the first five chapters of the Book of Romans, the Spirit of God will reinforce our convictions and expose our misconceptions, so that we can face the future with the peace that comes from knowing that our bridge is going to get us home safely.
Everyone who wants to make it to heaven has to cross a bridge of some kind to get from here to there. And no one I know thinks the bridge they're on is unsafe.
But as confident as you may be in the structural integrity of your bridge to God, wouldn't you like to be 100% sure that it's never going to collapse? This is not an area in which you want to be overconfident, and thus under-inspected, is it? Too much is at stake.
So for the next five weeks, we're going to subject our most deeply held beliefs to a biblical inspection. As we study together the first five chapters of the Book of Romans, the Spirit of God will reinforce our convictions and expose our misconceptions, so that we can face the future with the peace that comes from knowing that our bridge is going to get us home safely.
Friday, September 21, 2012
New Series this fall - "Bridge to God"
Dear friend,
Everyone who wants to make it to heaven has to cross a bridge of some kind to get from here to there. And no one I know thinks the bridge they're on is unsafe.
But as confident as you may be in the structural integrity of your bridge to God, wouldn't you like to be 100% sure that it's never going to collapse? This is not an area in which you want to be overconfident, and thus under-inspected, is it? Too much is at stake.
So for the next five weeks, we're going to subject our most deeply held beliefs to a biblical inspection. As we study together the first five chapters of the Book of Romans, the Spirit of God will reinforce our convictions and expose our misconceptions, so that we can face the future with the peace that comes from knowing that our bridge is going to get us home safely.
With love,
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Steve Walker 09-16-12
For 27 of the past 30 years, the person who has
influenced my spiritual life and ministry most powerfully has done so
long-distance.
Steve and I also have tried to spend a few days together each year to dig deeper than is possible in one-hour phone calls. This week, we met in Boston, and I talked him into extending his stay in New England to spend some time with our elders and to join us for a Sunday service. I am looking forward to introducing him to you, and I know you will be nourished by his teaching ministry.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Fatigue
Listen to Greg Sidders message, "Fatigue" from Sunday 09-09-12 / White Pine Community Church
Summer is over. Time to get back to work! You
should be all rested up, ready to hit the ground running--but what if
you aren't? What if there is a weariness in your soul that the changing
seasons cannot snap you out of? What if passion for God--or, for that
matter, passion for anything--is something you haven't felt since you
can't remember when? What if your Passion battery is dead?
Only God can recharge you when you're that depleted. And He will. Maybe as soon as this Sunday. Come and plug in at White Pine!Monday, September 3, 2012
Coming Home / Sunday 09-02-12
Click to listen to Greg's message, "Coming Home" from Sunday 09-02-12
Imagine growing up with undiagnosed poor eyesight, then to be given prescription glasses for the first time. To see the beauty of creation clearly--what a gift that would be.
Tell me: How safe would you keep those glasses? And how clean? You wouldn't play with them in the
dirt, would you? To regress back to poor eyesight would be unthinkable.
And yet how many of us have been given the ability to see God through the purity of heart that Jesus gave us, only to allow the dust and smudges of unholiness to accumulate to the point that we can no longer behold God's beauty?
It's time to get our lenses cleaned. We're going to do it this message, and I think the restored view just might give us a restored passion for God.
Imagine growing up with undiagnosed poor eyesight, then to be given prescription glasses for the first time. To see the beauty of creation clearly--what a gift that would be.
Tell me: How safe would you keep those glasses? And how clean? You wouldn't play with them in the
dirt, would you? To regress back to poor eyesight would be unthinkable.
And yet how many of us have been given the ability to see God through the purity of heart that Jesus gave us, only to allow the dust and smudges of unholiness to accumulate to the point that we can no longer behold God's beauty?
It's time to get our lenses cleaned. We're going to do it this message, and I think the restored view just might give us a restored passion for God.
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Man on Fire / Sunday 08-26-12
Click to listen to "Man on Fire" by Greg Sidders, White Pine Community Church, 08-26-12
Passion is not taught; it's caught.
So if you want to a more passionate relationship with God, what better way to do it than to hang around the most passionate lover of God you know?
In Scripture, no one loves God more passionately than David does. That's why we're going to spend Passion some time with him this Sunday at White Pine--it's because we can learn, just by warming our hands over his inner fire, how to increase the temperature of our love for God.
If your passion for God has been on ice, it's time to come in from the cold!
Passion is not taught; it's caught.
So if you want to a more passionate relationship with God, what better way to do it than to hang around the most passionate lover of God you know?
In Scripture, no one loves God more passionately than David does. That's why we're going to spend Passion some time with him this Sunday at White Pine--it's because we can learn, just by warming our hands over his inner fire, how to increase the temperature of our love for God.
If your passion for God has been on ice, it's time to come in from the cold!
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