Posted by benstewart on July 30, 2010
Glad to be back together, we dove into the letter to the Church at Sardis last night. The church is also known as the dead church because of a reference to having a living name with no life. Seems to be a growing trend today and instead of becoming aware … Read more ›
Posted by benstewart on July 16, 2010
Freedom. We’ve craved it since elementary school, always wanting to make that next step into the next phase of our lives so that we can have more freedom. And when we get to that next phase, it’s never all we thought it would be, so we start craving the next … Read more ›
Posted by benstewart on July 9, 2010
Last night Rhythm was blessed to have the talented Sam Spangler to deliver a message he appropriately entitled “Scandalous”, based on the book of Matthew’s telling of his own calling to discipleship (chapter 9, verses 9-13). Sam noted that Matthew is the only disciple to have his story told in … Read more ›
Posted by benstewart on July 2, 2010
As we progress further along into John’s letters to the seven churches, it’s interesting to notice a pattern developing. Jesus is quick to praise each church for the good they are doing, then letting loose on the things they need to change. It seems that churches haven’t really changed that … Read more ›
Posted by benstewart on June 25, 2010
Let’s start out with the obvious…tonight Rhythm got a little heated. Both the spiritual level and the temperature level were at a somewhat uncomfortable place for many of us. I have to admit that when I showed up to set up tonight, I was ready to call it on account … Read more ›
Posted by benstewart on June 18, 2010
How would you react if Jesus came up to you and introduced Himself in this way, “Hello. I am the beginning and the end. I died and came back to life and I know you.” Are you relieved or worried? Have you lived your life in such a way that … Read more ›
Posted by benstewart on June 11, 2010
So let me give a recap of the past four weeks. Four weeks ago I gave rhythm a challenge on my blog to hit the 200 mark again and step up and invite our friends and colleagues. We didn’t just hit 200, we smashed it with 229 the week that … Read more ›
Posted by Craig on June 4, 2010
When most of us discover that we’re about to hear a message on the book of Revelation, we get a little spooked… we’ve heard there’s so much imagery and symbolism and crazy sounding stuff that I think we tend to run in the opposite direction all together! Last night, however, … Read more ›
Posted by Craig on May 28, 2010
Today we set off on another adventure, full of serving our Lord. We headed out today at 7:15 a.m. ready for the last day ahead of us and to give it all we had left. Looking at this week and the mindset I had before leaving the Noke I was … Read more ›
Posted by Craig on May 27, 2010
Today was amazing. There was so much to do but everyone praised God and worked through the day and did what was needed to be done. Some worked inside installing doors, handles, and stoppers, and then cleaning up after that. Some were outside digging and then making mortar and and … Read more ›