God’s Mercy and God’s Justice in 2023
By Rev. Gary Lewis Remember when you were a kid and you wanted to ask your mom and dad for permission to do something really special?...
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- Nov 30, 2022
- 4 min
Embracing the Spirit of Christmas
Embracing the Spirit of Christmas By Rev. Gary Lewis Senior Pastor The story of Christ’s birth is a story of promise, hope, and a...
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- Nov 1, 2022
- 2 min
A Word Fitly Spoken
By Senior Pastor Gary Lewis “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.” Proverbs 25:11 Thanks is indeed a fitly...
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- Sep 29, 2022
- 2 min
I Still Believe in the Bible
Call Me Crazy, but I Still Believe in the Bible By Rev. Gary Lewis Senior Pastor We are increasingly living in an anti-Bible culture....
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- Sep 1, 2022
- 2 min
Hope in a World of Hurt
By Rev. Gary Lewis Senior Pastor By the time you read this, the Purdue football season will have begun. After a 9-4 campaign last year,...
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- Jun 30, 2022
- 3 min
Though Despair Tempts Us, God Holds Us
Though Despair Tempts Us, God Holds Us By Rev. Gary Lewis I do not have to tell you this, but the news is not good: There is war in...
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- Jun 2, 2022
- 4 min
Baseball, Dreams, and Pentecost
By Rev. Gary Lewis Senior Pastor June is baseball season. One of my favorite baseball movies is the 1989 flick Field of Dreams. The movie...
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- Mar 11, 2022
- 2 min
A Closer Walk with Christ
By Rev. Gary Lewis Senior Pastor We are beginning a season of preparation for Easter on April 17 known as “Lent.” Lent means the 40...
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- Jan 27, 2022
- 2 min
Is God Calling You?
Is God Calling You? By Rev. Gary Lewis Senior Pastor “Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.” 1 Corinthians 15:8...
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- Jan 3, 2022
- 3 min
What's Next?
What’s Next? By Rev. Gary Lewis Senior Pastor As I write these words the day after Christmas, you, dear reader, no doubt has moved...
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- Sep 21, 2021
- 3 min
The Death of Prayer is a Lie
The Death of Prayer is a Lie By Senior Pastor Gary Lewis There seems to be a movement afoot in some “Christian” circles to devalue...
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- Sep 10, 2021
- 2 min
United We Stand - Reflecting on 9/11
‘United We Stand’ A Reflection on 9/11 By Senior Pastor Gary Lewis Some anniversaries are joyful occasions, but not this one. Twenty...
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- Aug 17, 2021
- 2 min
Keep Our Eyes on What is to Come
KEEP OUR EYES ON WHAT IS TO COME By Rev. Gary Lewis Senior Pastor Recent events in the world – the earthquake in Haiti, the collapse of...
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- Jul 28, 2021
- 3 min
Ending Are Important
Endings Are Important By Rev. Gary Lewis Senior Pastor Have you ever been on vacation, and you didn’t want it to end? That’s the way I...
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- May 25, 2021
- 3 min
What a Foundation in Christ Means
What a Foundation in Christ Means By Senior Pastor Gary Lewis “For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a...
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- May 6, 2021
- 3 min
Remove the ‘No Trespassing’ Signs?
The word “trespass,” in its original usage, meant a sidestep, a lapse, or a deviation. Nowadays, whenever you see a “No Trespass” sign...
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- Mar 3, 2021
- 3 min
Don’t Forget who Carried Jesus on Palm Sunday
Don’t Forget who Carried Jesus on Palm Sunday By Pastor Gary Lewis Palm Sunday is March 28 and is named for the “leafy branches” that...
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- Feb 4, 2021
- 4 min
Bad Morning America
Bad Morning America: Overcoming News Anxiety Even news junkies have had enough. The year 2020 seemed to be a month-to-month challenge to...
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- Jan 27, 2021
- 2 min
Riding the Wave
Look for ‘Grace Builders’ While Riding the Wave “At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness,” Mark 1:12 In the first chapter of...
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- Jan 21, 2021
- 3 min
Time to Realign
It is Time to Realign By Pastor Gary Lewis During this pandemic, I heard stories about people having to quarantine. I heard stories about...
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