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Trust and Obey
Trust and Obey From the Pastor’s Desk July 21, 2024 To walk by faith is to believe what the Lord says more than we believe our eyes,...

Rev. Chris Strevel
Jul 21, 20243 min read
The Christian Not a Hater
Our faith would look very different and be hardly worth the name if our Lord had gone to the cross fussing and fuming. If anyone could...

Rev. Chris Strevel
Jan 28, 20243 min read
We Have a Big God
How big is your God? One significant contributing factor to widespread discouragement, anger, despair, and even what is classified as...

Rev. Chris Strevel
Jan 21, 20245 min read
The Savior of Education
As the school year begins, one might well ask the reason for the hubbub, traffic, and colossal expenditure. If there was a grand societal...

Rev. Chris Strevel
Aug 20, 20234 min read
Three Invincible Truths for Parents
The Lord’s directions to parents are different from worldly wisdom. He will not bless any parenting that does not exalt his Son. Christ...

Rev. Chris Strevel
Jun 4, 20233 min read
Keep Yourselves in God’s Love
God loves us. “The Father himself loves you” (John 16:27). The Holy Spirit loves us (Rom. 15:30). The Lord Jesus loved us and gave...

Rev. Chris Strevel
May 7, 20233 min read
The Sinner’s Relief and Liberty in Jesus Christ
Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, "Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have...

Rev. Chris Strevel
Mar 13, 20234 min read
The Heart of a Child
Godly parents are a challenge to the heart of a child. By godly I mean those who have more than a form of religion (2 Tim. 3:5) and know...

Rev. Chris Strevel
Mar 5, 20236 min read
Guilt and Its Divine Remedy
Man is made in God’s image, to be like him, mirroring his holiness, knowledge, and righteousness. Sin has marred this image, but it has...

Rev. Chris Strevel
Feb 5, 20235 min read
The Christian and Sorrow
The Scriptures speak of a kind of sorrow that is a “howling” of soul (Ps. 77:3), a wounded or crushed spirit (Prov. 18:14), and an...

Rev. Chris Strevel
Jan 29, 20236 min read
Serving Jesus Christ
It is a relished aspect of modern life to look forward to the next fun or big thing – an afternoon playing video games, a vacation, an...

Rev. Chris Strevel
Jan 22, 20233 min read
To Glorify God
Each man and woman is created in God’s image to glorify him. We glorify God when, like a mirror, we reflect his beauty, holiness, and...

Rev. Chris Strevel
Nov 13, 20223 min read
On Our Master’s Mission
The idol behind all other idols is the “my will first” sinner. It was Satan’s first lie: “You shall be as gods, determining good and evil...

Rev. Chris Strevel
Oct 30, 20223 min read
The Beast We Face
It is humiliating before the Lord to face that your own national government is an extension of Satan’s kingdom of lying, theft, and...

Rev. Chris Strevel
Oct 23, 20226 min read
Sin, Repentance, and Forgiveness
Some years ago, I corresponded with a murderer. While in prison, the Lord saved him. He said something to me I will never forget. “I know...

Rev. Chris Strevel
Oct 16, 20225 min read
Wheels of Providence
God’s providence is his “preserving and governing all his creatures, ordering them and all their actions, to his own glory.” Ezekiel...

Rev. Chris Strevel
Oct 4, 20224 min read


Jacob and Joseph
The boy Joseph spent much time with his father. Jacob was Joseph’s “living Bible.” Jacob and Joseph, perhaps with little Benjamin in tow,...

Rev. Chris Strevel
Aug 14, 20223 min read
He Would Not Drink
From the Pastor’s Desk May 1, 2022 He Would Not Drink No incident recorded in our Lord’s life is without interest to the believer. No...

Rev. Chris Strevel
May 1, 20225 min read
A Husband’s Honor
From the Pastor’s Desk January 30, 2022 A Husband’s Honor It has been often said that the coming of Jesus Christ into the world created a...

Rev. Chris Strevel
Jan 30, 20227 min read
For the Love of Liberty
For the Love of Liberty From the Pastor’s Desk April 18, 2021 Religious liberty from the commandments and traditions of men and political...

Rev. Chris Strevel
Apr 18, 20216 min read
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