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3/24/2024 | Cheering Crowds and Talking Rocks Core Truth: While Christ’s entrance into Jerusalem on that first Palm Sunday was met with great joy by only a few genuine worshipers who saw Him for who He really was – their long promised Messiah – a much larger crowd of religious leaders who were also there saw Him as a very serious threat to their own positions of power, and soon made sure that He was nailed to a cross in hopes of settling that issue once and for all. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
3/17/2024 | A Faith that Withstands the Storms Core Truth: The question is not IF the storms of life may come at some point into our lives, but rather it’s simply a matter of WHEN, and waiting until that moment to discover whether we have built our lives on the right foundation can be a fatal mistake. The wise person decides well ahead of time to build on the only foundation that is sure to last – the decision to follow Christ and Him alone. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
3/3/2024 | The Key to a Fruitful Life Core Truth: Death is always necessary for any sort of harvest to occur. This is a universal principle and if it applied to our Lord then surely it applies to us. We, too, will only bear fruit that is eternal to the extent that we are willing to die to self and all its wishes, aspirations, and demands, whereas whatever we are clinging to that He has asked us to surrender will cause us to remain unfruitful for eternity – the place and time where it matters most. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
2/25/2024 | The Matrix of Christian Ministry Core Truth: Whether we realize it or not, every believer is called to some sort of Christian ministry and if we allow Him to, God will use everything we’ve been through from the moment of our birth until now – whether good or bad – as the “matrix” or means of shaping our lives for maximum service and usefulness to Him and of greatest blessing to others. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
2/11/2024 | A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken Core Truth: In a world which is being shaken in every sense of the word – from literal earthquakes, floods and other elements of nature, to political and social turmoil and upheaval, to violence and warfare – both here in our nation and even on a global scale, the call of our Scripture today is to remember Whose we are and how we are to live and conduct ourselves in such momentous times. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
1/21/2024 | Where Is Your Faith? Core Truth: The storms of life in which we may find ourselves always reveal at least two important things: one, how genuine the quality of our trust in God and His work in our lives really is… and two, how absolutely sufficient Christ is in bringing us to safe harbor, even when it means passing through some of the most difficult and treacherous storms we may be facing, because His own ironclad promise is “and behold, I am with you always [remaining with you perpetually – regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion], even to the very end (consummation) of the age.” (Matthew 28:20b) |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
1/14/2024 | The Gospel – God’s Answer to Man’s Dilemma Core Truth: Someone has very wisely said that “the Gospel is not God angrily saying ‘Turn to Me or I’ll send you to hell.’ Rather, the gospel is God’s Mercy and Grace saying “You are already on your way to hell! Turn to Me and I’ll save you!” As succinct and forthright an explanation as one could ask for, and one that the world desperately needs to hear? |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
1/7/2024 | Christ, The Perfect Sacrifice Core Truth: If we could ever say that God faced a dilemma, it would be how to repair the awful separation from His beloved creatures caused by mankind’s willful disobedience in the Garden of Eden. What could possibly be done that would be adequate in restoring God and man to the unbroken fellowship that they had both once enjoyed? The only answer had to be in the form of a perfect sacrifice – one that would be sufficient to meet the unbending demands of an absolutely holy and righteous God while also dealing with Man’s sinful rebellion, this re-opening the door to the Edenic fellowship both had enjoyed before the Fall. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
12/31/2023 | Looking Unto Jesus… A Great Way to End One Year & Begin Another Core Truth: However unexpected, unpredictable, and even unwanted some of the changes be that God allows to come into our lives – none is without divine purpose and ultimate benefit to our success and well-being if we will…with God’s grace and help, “fix our eyes on the Author and Finisher of our faith” – the One who out of sheer mercy and love reached out and saved us and started us on our journey unto eternal life, and has promised to get us all safely home. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
12/10/2023 | The Terms of Our Peace We must accept Jesus’ terms of surrender |
Minister Davon Gray | ||
12/3/2023 | The Hope that we have in Christ Jesus is Logos in a world of chaos, Life in the midst of death, and Light in the domain of darkness. |
Dr. Randel Everett | ||
11/26/2023 | The King Is Coming! Core Truth: “The center of Christianity is the coming of the Son of God into the world as a real man to destroy the works of the devil and create a new people for His own glory. The very heart of our faith is that He did this by obeying the law of God, dying for the sins of His people, rising victorious over death, ascending to God’s right hand with all His enemies under His feet. The second coming of Christ is the completion of His saving work. If you take it away, the whole fabric of His saving work unravels.” (Dr. John Piper) |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
11/19/2023 | Trusting God in the Hard Places of Life Core Truth: God’s love for us as His children is unconditional and there is absolutely nothing we can do to lessen nor increase it, and the same is also true about His faithfulness. These two realities are among the great and unchanging constants of the Universe – as He said through the prophet Isaiah When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. Isaiah 43:2-3 |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
11/12/2023 | Living Our Lives in Christ How does living in Christ change our mindset? |
Minister Devon Gray | ||
10/1/2023 | There Remains Yet a Rest Core Truth: While most Christians understand the call to rest in Christ for our salvation, many have not learned the truth of resting in Him in all areas of our lives – a reality that once discovered can enable us increasingly to live a peace-filled life even in some of life’s most difficult circumstances. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
9/24/2023 | Staying Connected and Being Pruned: The Keys to Eternal Salvation and Fruitfulness Core Truth: Everyone is connected to a “vine” of some sort, but only those who are truly in Christ and who remain connected to Him can experience genuine fruitfulness. And it is also only those who are willing to submit to the often painful process of divine pruning who will experiences that level of fruitfulness that delights the Father’s heart and validates one’s claim to being a true follower of Christ. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
9/10/2023 | Real Rest for the Weary Core Truth: Trying to ‘keep the rules’ and follow Christ in our own strength will – literally – wear us out! It is only as we enter into the sweet reality of knowing that because of the His finished work on our behalf at Calvary we are now and forever ‘accepted in the Beloved’ that we can actually start to understand and enjoy the reality that His yoke truly is easy and His burden really is light. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
9/3/2023 | The Blood of Christ: The Most Powerful Force in the World Core Truth: “The blood stands out in solitary majesty, the only rock of our salvation. This blood is not simply the only thing that can save, but must save alone. Put anything with the blood of Christ, and you are lost; trust to anything else with this and you perish. Morality will keep you out of jail, but only the blood of Jesus will keep you out of hell. Beloved, it is a thought which ought to make our hearts leap within us, that through Jesus’s blood there is not a spot left upon any believer, not a wrinkle nor any such thing.” Charles Spurgeon |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
8/27/2023 | A Place Called Heaven Core Truth: We, Christians, have often been accuse of being so ‘heavenly minded that we’re of no earthly good.’ However, I do believe it can be empirically proven that throughout history quite the opposite is true… that the people who have made the most significant impact in this world are those who have been the most preoccupied with the one that is to come… and who would have understood quite clearly what the late Missionary Jim Elliot meant when he said: “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
8/13/2023 | The Sweet Treasure of Christian Community, Valuing Our Place in the Fellowship of the Saints Core Truth: “It Is by the grace of God that a congregation is permitted to gather visibly in this world to share God’s Word and sacrament. Not all Christians receive this blessing. The imprisoned, the sick, the scattered lonely, the proclaimers of the Gospel in heathen lands stand alone. They know that visible fellowship is a blessing.” (Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer) |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
8/6/2023 | How Far? How Hot? How Long? Questions Asked by Some of the Greatest of God’s Saints Core Truth: Trusting God is always easy when things are going well in our lives; but the true measure of our faith and confidence that our heavenly father really does know all about us and is closely watching over us comes when an unexpected test, trial, or a temptation appears – suddenly throwing us off our game, as the saying goes. We find ourselves being tempted to doubt in the darkness what we were so sure about in the light. It is especially at those times that He wants to bring us to a new level of faith and trust in Him – ‘The God Who does ALL things well!’ (Mark 7:37) |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
7/23/2023 | More Precious than Gold:The Profound Value God Places on Our Trials & Adversities Core Truth: Sooner or later we all must come to some sort of conclusion about the fact that pain, troubles, and adversities are part of human life. As one writer put it: “If life is to be meaningful, we need desperately to find a place for suffering in it and to discover how to cope with it,” and nowhere are we given a better means of doing that than with what we learn from the Apostle Peter in our Scripture text for today’s message. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
7/16/2023 | The Unpredictability of the Divine Adventure Core Truth: If there has been that moment in time where we genuinely gave our heart to Jesus Christ and are now seeking to walk with Him in our daily lives, then every single one of us is on an “unpredictably divine adventure” – a spiritual journey toward our only true “home” that will be every bit as “unpredictable” as the lives of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and the countless others who have found themselves walking the same path, and it is a journey that and only be made by walking “by faith and not by sight.”. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
7/2/2023 | On Hearing the Voice of God The Core Truth is: As important as hearing God speak to us in a way that first brought us to faith and salvation, equally important is our need to hear His voice on a day-by-day and moment-by-moment basis. Only this will enable us to live our lives in ways that maximize our personal peace, help us define our purpose, and determine our kingdom productivity, while bringing the most possible honor and glory to our Lord and the greatest blessing and encouragement to others. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
6/4/2023 | The Cup My Father Has Given Me Core Truth: “There was the cup; hell was in it; the Savior drank it – not a sip, and then a pause; not a draught, and then a ceasing; but He drained it till there is not a dreg left for any of His people! The great ten-thonged whip of the law was worn out upon His back; there is no lash left with which to smite one for whom Jesus died! The great bombardment of God’s justice has exhausted all its ammunition; there is nothing left to be hurled against a child of God!” (Spurgeon Sermon: “It Is Finished”) |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
5/28/2023 | The Spirit Within and Upon, Celebrating Pentecost Sunday Core Truth: “The work of the Sprit is to impart life, to implant hope, to give liberty, to testify of Christ to guide us into all truth, to teach us all things, to comfort the believer, and to convict the world of sin.” (D.L. Moody) “Without the Spirit of God, we can do nothing. We are as ships without wind. We are useless.” (Spurgeon) |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
5/14/2023 | Six Mothers’ Stories in the Bible Core Truth: “Those who think that a woman detained at home by her little family is doing nothing, think the reverse of what is true. Scarcely can the godly mother quit her home for a place of worship; but dream not that she is lost to the work of the church; far from it, she is doing the best possible service for her Lord. Mothers, the godly training of your offspring is your first and most pressing duty…You are as much serving God in looking after your own children, training them up in God’s fear, minding the house and making your household a church for God as you would be if you had been called to lead an army to battle for the Lord of hosts.” (Charles Spurgeon) |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
4/30/2023 | The Tomb Is Empty & Christ Is Risen…Now What? Core Truth: Someone has wisely said that “It seems like too many people and ministries go right back to business as usual after Easter is over. They celebrated the empty tomb, but they celebrated the empty tomb from their personal vantage point. Most people give very little thought to what the empty tomb requires of us once we accept Him as Lord and Savior, but in a world increasingly filled with hopelessness and despair our witness as to what Christ’s resurrection really means is needed now more than ever.” |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
4/9/2023 | lf Christ Be Not Risen… (The Implications Are Staggering) Core Truth: “If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that He said; if He didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what He said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like His teaching but whether or not He rose from the dead.” Dr. Tim Keller. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
4/2/2023 | All Hail to the King! Core Truth: As with Israel at a most critical moment of their national life, so today both nations … churches … and even individuals are ever in danger of missing God’s blessings and grace by failing to recognize the time of His divine visitations. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
3/26/2023 | The Joy & Wonder of Being in Christ Core Truth: Becoming a Christian is not a matter of signing up for a series of do’s and don’ts that are based on our ability to perform. Rather, becoming a Christian is a matter of freely receiving the incredible gift of a brand new life in Christ – a life filled to overflowing with everything needed to please God, bless and encourage others, and live lives that will be eternal in their consequence. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
3/19/2023 | What to Do When Trouble Comes, The Ultimate Usefulness of Adversity Core Truth: “Present suffering is not enjoyable, but life would be worth little without it. The difference between iron and steel is fire, but steel is worth all it costs. Iron ore may think itself senselessly tortured in the furnace, but when the watch-spring looks back, it knows better. David enjoyed pain and trouble no more than we do, but the time came when he admitted that they had been good for him. Though the aspect of suffering is hard, the prospect is hopeful, and the retrospect will start a song, if we are ‘the called according to His purpose,’ in suffering.” (M.D. Babcock) |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
3/12/2023 | Chosen by God… but for What? A Look at God’s Plan & Our Place in It, Part II Core Truth: While we may never in this life come to full understanding or agreement on such great doctrines as those of Predestination versus Free Will, the more important practical reality is that whether we ever grasp it or not, for His own gracious reasons our loving Heavenly Father was quite intentional in choosing us to be His own, and wisdom would seem to dictate that we focus more on the ‘why’ than on the ‘what’. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
3/5/2023 | Chosen by God: A Look at God’s Plan & Our Place in It Core Truth: “Unconditional election means that our election is decided by God according to His purpose, according to His sovereign will. It is not based upon some foreseen condition that some of us meet and others fail to meet. It is not based on our willing or our running, but upon the sovereign purpose of God.” (R.C. Sproul) |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
2/26/2023 | Everything We Need…For Living a Life that Really Matters Core Truth: “With our initial salvation, God has equipped us – by the indwelling Spirit – with an introductory packet that includes everything we need. We have access to resources which, when utilized, will result in usefulness and fruitfulness both horizontally – in our relationships with others – and vertically – in our relationship with God. But having the right equipment is no guarantee that we’ll benefit from it. We must use that equipment properly.” (Chuck Swindoll). |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
2/19/2023 | Transitioning into the Mind of Christ: A Lifelong Assignment & Process Core Truth is: A wise person once said “The Devil doesn’t care how much theology you know… just as long as you don’t use any of it.” There is a great difference between appreciating Truth and appropriating it, and perhaps nowhere is this more true than when it comes to learning how to truly access what we have been given – the actual mind of Christ – the powerful resource with which to live godly and effective lives for Him while here on earth. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
2/12/2023 | We've Been Given the Mind of Christ – Now What? Core Truth: While at the very moment of our New Birth we are given the mind of Christ, it is only through the lifelong process of ‘renewing our minds’ that we can begin to understand what that means and how it alone is the key to living a truly God-pleasing and God-honoring life. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
2/5/2023 | Receiving the Mind of Christ, The Power of a Prioritized Life Core Truth: The things that are on our personal lists of priorities are probably not in the same order as God’s list for us. And while upon receiving Christ we are indeed given a new mind, even the very mind of Christ, it is only by the constant process of ‘renewing our minds’ that our priorities begin to come into line with what God really has planned for us, and the more we do that the more we will be amazed at the power of a prioritized life! |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
1/29/2023 | Church & Culture: A Mandate for Engagement Core Truth: A Biblically engaged church is a church that seeks to understand and live out the God-intended role in the culture in which it has been providentially placed, ever vigilant lest it be co-opted by that culture and thus rendered largely ineffective by the very environment it seeks to serve and redeem for the glory of God. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
1/15/2023 | God at Work Core Truth: If we could ever actually grasp what God is really seeking to do in us as His children and what the amazing consequences of that are actually going to be, everything would be different – from how we see our problems and adversities, to how we spend our time and money, to how in general we live our daily lives. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
1/8/2023 | Rich Gifts for a New Year Core Truth: Every new year is filled with 365 days of the unknown, unexpected, and at times – if we only knew – the unwanted. However, we do well to remind ourselves that if we are truly followers of Christ we really do have nothing to fear since God has already promised to walk with us, work in and through us, and help us make each of those days useful and productive, both to our best interests and to His eternal glory, and to that end He has already given us rich gifts for facing a new year. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
1/1/2023 | All Things New Core Truth: In a world that is rapidly becoming darker and more ominous – even to the point that as our Lord predicted “men’s hearts are failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth” (Lk. 21:26), God’s message of hope for a hopeless world is that in the midst of it all, He offers a glorious new and eternal future for all who put their trust in Him, and He has secured that promise through the life, death and resurrection of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
12/25/2022 | Why Celebrate Christmas? Core Truth: In a world increasingly wracked by wars and rumors of wars, earthquakes and natural disasters; plagues and pandemics now costing millions of lives, and the raw face of evil becoming rapidly more open and unrestrained, I would argue that the need to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas is greater than it has ever been! |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
12/18/2022 | The High Cost of Christmas Core Truth: As wonderful as the sights and sounds of Christmas are that bring us such joy and elation at this time of the year, we forget or perhaps have never even really thought about the fact that the wonder and joy of Christmas was born in a matrix of danger and death, suffering and adversity, anguish and loss at depths of levels that can hardly be imagined. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
12/4/2022 | What Shall We Name the Baby? Core Truth: Throughout human history names have always carried their own meanings and significance… sometimes easily understood, and at other times rather puzzling and even humorous. However, as we once again celebrate the wonderful season of Christmas, we need to remind ourselves that “it’s ALL about HIM! And that long after every other name has faded into history – there is one Name that will stand forever and before which every knee shall bow… in heaven… and on earth… and under the earth… and every tongue will confess that He is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
11/20/2022 | The Glorious Future of the Church Core Truth: If we could ever begin to really understand God’s eternal purposes for every one of us who has been born again by the Holy Spirit and been made part of His Bride, the Church, it would radically affect every aspect of how we are living our lives right now… from how we spend our time, our money, and our energy, to how we use our gifts and talents in our day-to-day living here on earth as we come to understand ever more fully the apostle Paul’s declaration in Romans 8:18, ‘whatever the sufferings of this present life may be, they are not worth being compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us and in us and for us and conferred on us!’ |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
11/13/2022 | Can He Get a Witness? Are you willing to be a witness for Jesus? |
Rev. Tim Pewett | ||
11/6/2022 | Why Should We Defend the Persecuted? We should defend the persecuted because: |
Dr. Randel Everett | ||
10/30/2022 | Entering God’s Rest Core Truth: God simply wants us to trust Him and believe that whether it comes to our salvation, our sanctification, or our service for Him, He is quite ready and willing to do for us, in us, and through us what we cannot possibly do for ourselves. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
10/23/2022 | The Rapture of the Church: What Is It and Should It Excite or Scare Us? Core Truth: The scriptural truth about the Rapture or “catching away” of all believers in Christ is not meant to create fear or apprehension. Rather, it is intended to motivate us to do the work He has for us to do while there is still time, and to live our personal lives in a constant state of readiness and expectation as we seek to persuade others to also be ready for the Lord’s return. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
9/25/2022 | Part 1 - What God Is About to Do in and Through His Chosen Nation Core Truth: There are a number of rapidly increasing signs that our Lord’s return to earth is very close at hand and that we, as His church and bride, are not to be taken by surprise, but rather are to be found wide awake and fully engaged in preparing for that incredible event. And among those signs are what is now unfolding in world events in general, and with the nation of Israel in particular. |
The Return of Christ and the Future of Israel | Pastor Don Kroah | |
9/18/2022 | The Story of the Unblessed Brother Core Truth: How long have we "lived in the Father's house and failed to understand His heart?" The more we recognize how much we ourselves have been given by sheer grace the more patient, generous and forgiving we will find ourselves able to be toward others. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
8/28/2022 | A Theology of the Church, Understanding the Mind of Christ for His Church, Part 3 Core Truth: If we as Christ’s followers could ever begin to grasp the incredible future that has already been prepared and waiting for us upon Christ’s return to this earth, it would change everything in our lives … from how we spend our time, to how we raise our families, as to what we do with our money, to how we control our behavior and our speech, and even what we tolerate in our daily thought life. Literally everything about us would undergo radical transformation and reorientation, and truth be told, that is what true sanctification of the believer is really all about. |
A Theology of the Church | Pastor Don Kroah | |
8/21/2022 | A Theology of the Church, Part 2: Understanding the Mind of Christ for His Church Core Truth: Far from being the impotent, irrelevant, and inconsequential presence that much of the world assumes it to be, when Christ returns His Church will be the ONE thing He considers worth saving and the primary means by which He will one day rule the world, and all who accept His call to join Him in His great work must understand several important things. |
A Theology of the Church | Pastor Don Kroah | |
8/14/2022 | Theology of the Church, Part 1: Understanding the Mind of Christ for His Church Core Truth: Far from being the impotent, irrelevant, and inconsequential presence that much of the world assumes it to be, when Christ returns His Church will be the ONE thing He considers worth saving and the primary means by which He will one day rule the world, and all who accept His call to join Him in His great work must understand several important things. |
A Theology of the Church | Pastor Don Kroah | |
7/24/2022 | The Gift of Inadequacy, Learning to Live in the Sufficiency of Christ Core Truth: None of us likes to feel inadequate – whether it’s on our job, in our role as parents, or most any other situation we may have to deal with from day to day. However, the Bible shows us quite clearly that not only did some of God’s greatest servants experience great feelings of inadequacy, but they discovered that those very limitations were what qualified them to be used of God to do great and mighty things for Him and His kingdom here on earth. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
7/17/2022 | A Theology of Prayer, Praying Prayers That Get Results The Core Truth: "God promises us in His Word that He hears every word that we pray to Him. Like a good parent, He is waiting, ready, and willing to listen to our worries, concerns, and needs. Whether we are seeking forgiveness, strength, or healing, prayer provides the channel to communicate with God and receive supernatural strength and power!” crosswalk.com |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
7/3/2022 | The End of All Things Core Truth: If ever there was a time when the spiritual acuity of every Christian should be operating at an increasingly sharp level it is now … as events on every front – globally, nationally, regionally and locally – are shouting at us that things cannot go on as they are … that something decisive and dramatic is about to occur and that God expects His people to be “dressed for service and our lamps burning brightly.” (Luke 12:35) |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
5/8/2022 | Scattered Exiles … Part 2 Core Truth: Because as God’s “Scattered Elect” we have been providentially sown into the cultural soil of an alien and hostile world, it is an absolute certainty that we will be “temporarily harassed by all kinds of trials and temptations.” In light of that we are called to do certain things which will help to make us strong in our faith, conform us more fully to the likeness of Christ, and prepare us to stand unashamed before the Lord whenever He may choose to call us home. |
Scattered Exiles | Pastor Don Kroah | |
5/1/2022 | Scattered Exiles... Core Truth: Over the course of biblical history, God has often used “scattering” as His method of choice for kingdom growth, and what may seem like a setback (going to Egypt, being exiled, persecution, or even a pandemic!) may be His catalysts for paradigm shifts and future kingdom growth that will have a lasting impact on the Church’s effectiveness, as well as the individual believer’s personal growth and ultimate triumph. |
Scattered Exiles | Pastor Don Kroah | |
4/24/2022 | One Thing Lacking Core Truths: |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
4/17/2022 | The Implications of Christ’s Resurrection Core Truth: The certainty of Christ’s resurrection from the dead is THE pivotal point in human history and implication of its not occurring are profound beyond all we can imagine. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
4/15/2022 | What Can Possibly be Good About Good Friday? Three reasons why this “darkest day in human history” deserves to be called Good Friday. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
4/3/2022 | The Perfect Christ, God’s Perfect Gift to an Imperfect World Core Truth: While as the apostle Paul declared, by one man’s actions sin and all its destructive consequences were released into what had been a perfect world, God the Father chose to offer a way of escape and complete restoration of all who will believe in and receive His perfect Gift, the Perfect Christ. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
3/27/2022 | Who do you say that Jesus is? The Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus Christ Jesus is the Son of God, fully God and fully man. He was born and lived a sinless life. He died, was buried, and He rose again from the dead. He will come again, in glory, one day to judge the living and the dead. Who do you say that Jesus is? |
Tim Pewett | ||
3/13/2022 | In That Day… Core Truth: There are at least 114 times (depending on the Bible translation being used) when the well-known phrase or idiom “in that day” is used in Scripture to mark or pinpoint major changes in the forward flow of human history, some of which will be profoundly cataclysmic and destructive, and some of which will be glorious beyond believing. The danger is not only that the unbelieving world will opt to treat such information as a joke and live their lives accordingly, but that careless believers will be caught in the same trap. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
3/6/2022 | Praying Prayers That Actually Work Core Truth: Prayer is the primary means by which we communicate with God, and it is not meant to simply be a way of getting what we may want or need. Rather, the reality is that God wants to be our friend and wants us to get to know Him better. And as we do this through effective prayer – prayer that actually works – we will get to know Him better, and every need will be met and every prayer will be answered, but in the way that glorifies Him and brings about our ultimate good. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
2/20/2022 | Things We Know and Things We Don’t Core Truth: It’s been said that a person with a theory is always at the mercy of a person with an experience, and it is fair to say that there are some things in life that we as Christians should know what we’re talking about! It is the Christian who can answer such important questions as: “Why are we here? Where are we going when we die? And, is there really any hope or meaning in this present world?” It is the Christian who can “speak what we do know;” all else is mere theory and conjecture. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
2/13/2022 | Peace That Passes All Understanding Core Truth: Throughout the ages God’s people have often had to live out their faith in times of great adversity and affliction. However, their examples of doing so with such amazing peace and tranquility remains a challenge to anyone today who would also live for Christ the way they did. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
2/6/2022 | After You Have Suffered a While… Core Truth: The troubles and adversities we may experience in this life – regardless of their source or nature – are always intended by a wise and loving God to not only be beneficial to us in this present life, but also profoundly consequential in the life to come – making them in the end – far more to be treasured than the greatest of earthly pleasures. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
1/30/2022 | Living the Good Life! Core Truth: Our Lord said “I came so that they may have life and have it to the fullest, until it overflows.” If we really understood how much God wants us to be truly happy – both in this life and in the life to come – everything could be different, including the ways in which we experience and process some of the difficult and painful things that may happen in our lives. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
1/9/2022 | Unleashing the Power of Prayer in 2022 Core Truth: “Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the one who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.” Max Lucado |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
12/24/2021 | Christmas Reflections Why Shepherds? Because of their lowly status, their strategic place in the redemptive story, and their instant obedience and sheer delight in being privileged like this. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
12/19/2021 | And They Brought Him Gifts: The Mysterious Magi Core Truth: No celebration of Christmas would be complete without at least some reference to the Magi, usually as the “three kings.” However, there is no scriptural evidence that they were kings nor that there was just three of them. The larger question is – why they were included in Matthew’s account of Christ’s birth to begin with, and does their being part of the Christmas story have any significance for us today? |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
12/12/2021 | A Hope Fulfilled: Zechariah, You Are Going to Have a Son! Core Truth: The life and ministry of John the Baptist is nothing short of a watershed moment in human history and speaks at once of the faithfulness of God as well as of His absolute sovereignty in all matters pertaining to mankind in general and to God’s people in particular. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
12/5/2021 | When It All Seemed Too Late Core Truth: Trusting God and continuing to serve Him patiently in the face of prolonged delays is certainly a virtue to be desired all its own. However, continuing that same level of faith and obedience when all the evidence says that all hope is now gone is an even greater measure of our trust in the One who “does all things well” and whose “ways are always perfect.” (Mark 7:37; Psalm 18:30) |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
11/28/2021 | What Is the True Joy of Christmas? God has made Himself known to us, as Trinity, and that has been done in the person of Christ, and none can take that away from us! |
Pastor Roger Taneus | ||
11/21/2021 | The Blessing of a Grateful Heart Core Truth: “Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic. This is a most searching and true diagnosis. Gratitude can be a vaccine that can prevent the invasion of a disgruntled attitude. As antitoxins prevent the disastrous effects of certain poisons and diseases, thanksgiving destroys the poison of faultfinding and grumbling. When trouble has smitten us, a spirit of thanksgiving is a soothing antiseptic.” (John Henry Jowett; Clinton C. Cox. The Upper Room Pulpit) |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
11/14/2021 | Recognizing & Moving in God’s Perfect Time Core Truth: A life well-lived is a life being lived in harmony with the will of God, which means waiting when He says “wait” and moving when He say “move.” A Spirit-led Christian and a Spirit-led church know the difference and act accordingly. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
11/7/2021 | When the Stones Are Raised Ways to live as leaders who stand with the persecuted: 1. Pray 2. Be informed 3. Advocate for Myanmar Today 4. Give and Partner |
Rev. Elijah Brown, PhD | ||
10/24/2021 | True Worship & True Worshipers. Core Truth: Worship is our response to God, both personal and corporate, for Who He is, whereas praise and thanksgiving are expressions of gratitude for what He has done – all coming from hearts filled with genuine love, childlike submission, and unquestioning obedience to His will. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
10/17/2021 | Then Peter Began to Speak... Core Truth: The wisest man in the world, once said “There is a time to keep silent and a time to speak.” (Ecc. 3:7b). It is a much-needed lesson our beloved Peter had to learn and one that we do well to learn as well. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
10/10/2021 | I Will Build My Church, Part Two Core Truth: If the church is to ever have the kind of impact intended by its Founder it must of necessity structure its leadership in accordance with the clear teachings of Scripture. Otherwise, it is simply a humanly produced organization that may make a name for itself in terms of religious activities but will never be able to overcome the gates of hell and fulfill its God-intended mission in the world. |
I Will Build My Church | Pastor Don Kroah | |
10/3/2021 | I Will Build My Church, Part One Core Truth: A church’s ability to influence its culture for Christ will always be in direct proportion to its understanding and acceptance of the authority and leadership of its Founder and Great Shepherd Who has also vested that leadership in His under-shepherds, variously described as pastors, elders, overseers and bishops. Today and over the next few weeks we will be examining this important Scriptural doctrine more fully. |
I Will Build My Church | Pastor Don Kroah | |
9/26/2021 | It's All His - We'reJust in Management Core Truth: Being a Christian is not just a title, it’s a position – a position of responsibility through stewardship, and our stewardship is to be directed not by what we prefer, but by the desires of the Owner Whose instructions are clearly spelled out in the Bible. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
9/19/2021 | There Your Heart Will Be Also Jesus taught that we should Treasure Heavenly Treasures. They are indestructible and eternally secure. And, most importantly, He knows the location of our heart and treasure are linked. He longs that our hearts be centered on the place and things of Heaven. |
Tim Pewett | ||
9/12/2021 | The All-Sufficient Christ – Part 4 Christ Our Redemption Core Truth: God does not give us a thing called wisdom, a thing called righteousness, or a thing called sanctification. He gives us a PERSON called Jesus, Who is all of these in Himself. Our faith is not in a creed but in Christ. Therefore, anyone who is truly IN Christ actually lacks nothing, whether they have ever come to understand and enter into that reality or not. |
The All-Sufficient Christ | Pastor Don Kroah | |
9/5/2021 | The All-Sufficient Christ – Part 3 Christ our Sanctification Core Truth: God does not give us a thing called wisdom, a thing called righteousness, or a thing called sanctification. He gives us a PERSON called Jesus, Who is all of these in Himself. Our faith is not in a creed but in Christ. Therefore, anyone who is truly IN Christ actually lacks nothing, whether they have ever come to understand and enter into that reality or not. |
The All-Sufficient Christ | Pastor Don Kroah | |
8/29/2021 | The All-Sufficient Christ – Part 2 Christ Our Righteousness Core Truth: God does not give us a thing called wisdom, a thing called righteousness, or a thing called sanctification. He gives us a PERSON called Jesus, Who is all of these in Himself. Our faith is not in a creed but in Christ. Therefore, anyone who is truly IN Christ actually lacks nothing, whether they have ever come to understand and enter into that reality or not. |
The All-Sufficient Christ | Pastor Don Kroah | |
8/22/2021 | The All-Sufficient Christ - Part 1 Christ our Wisdom Core Truth: God does not give us a thing called wisdom, a thing called righteousness, or a thing called sanctification. He gives us a PERSON called Jesus, Who is all of these in Himself. Our faith is not in a creed but in Christ. Therefore, anyone who is truly IN Christ actually lacks nothing, whether they have ever come to understand and enter into that reality or not. |
The All-Sufficient Christ | Pastor Don Kroah | |
8/8/2021 | Knowing the Will of God Core Truth: God wants us to know His will – not for His benefit, but for ours, in order that we may maximize the joys and fruitfulness of our lives both here and for all eternity! |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
8/1/2021 | Things to Remember When Storms Arise Core Truth: While great and often unexpected storms are a part of life even and perhaps especially for Christians, there are certain verities – certain eternal truths – that if we will remember them, can carry us through any storm and see us safely through to the other side. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
7/25/2021 | Positive Purposes of Pain Core Truth: “For the believer in Jesus, every trial of suffering is an opportunity to grow in the faith, to grow in our relationship with the Lord, and to see Him work in our lives in a uniquely personal way that demonstrates His compassion, His comfort, His tender mercies, His loving kindnesses, His grace, and His endless love. Only God knows what each of us needs to experience and learn in order to be conformed to the image of His son.” (T.A. McMahon) |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
7/18/2021 | These Little Troubles... Core Truth: In a world filled with seemingly endless pain and sorrow, grief and loss, shattered hopes and expectations, whether we come to see life as meaningful and worth living will be determined by the extent to which we understand that God’s plan for us is that our journey here is at best, very brief, and that the trials and afflictions we face are – far from being purposeless and wasted – actually preparing for us eternal joys, satisfactions, and delights beyond our wildest dreams! |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
7/11/2021 | The Deadly Danger of Mission Drift (A Divine Call to Stay on Course) Core Truth: Whether it be a church, charitable organization, business, college or university, a nation, or even an individual life, the temptation will always be to give up – to abort the mission as it were. But an even greater hazard may be the deadly danger of “mission drift.” |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
7/4/2021 | Whom the Son Sets Free Core Truth: No person or nation can ever be truly free apart from the freedom, which was secured by the sufferings, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ 2000 years ago – all other freedoms ultimately flow from that divine fountainhead. And it can further be argued that apart from that freedom, no other freedoms can exist nor long endure. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
6/20/2021 | The Power of Fatherhood Core Truth: While it is true that a father’s words can either heal or hurt, encourage or discourage, it is the daily life he lives before ever-watching eyes and ever-listening ears that is the most potent force of all. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
6/13/2021 | Seven Certainties - Seven Things That Will Never Change Core Truth: We find ourselves living in an increasingly disturbing and unpredictable world. As a result, these are times to remind ourselves of some verities that are “sure and certain” – some things that will never ever change and by which, therefore, we can live our lives with true faith, great hope, and genuine love – and do it before a watching world. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
6/6/2021 | Shall I Not Drink of This Cup? Core Truth: Christ set the example for all who would follow Him. It was an example of resolute obedience to the Father’s will, and a refusal to compromise or seek an easier way out, no matter what that cup contained. |
Pastor Don Kroah | ||
5/30/2021 | Hope and Faith Infusion 1. God infuses His sojourners with a living hope. 1 Peter 1:3-5 2. God infuses His sojourners with a preserving faith. 1 Peter 1:6-9 3. God reveals the Author of our hope and faith. 1 Peter 1:10-12 |
Pastor Steve King | ||
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