October 29, 2013
by Paul Vroom
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Community | Tags: community, Thanksgiving, thanks, pastor, sheep, appreciation
I love pastors. I am a pastor and some of my dearest friends and role models are pastors. October is Pastor Appreciation Month so I thought I would give a shout out to all the pastors who labor so lovingly and sacrificially for the Lord in service to His people....
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August 2, 2013
by Paul Vroom
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Community | Tags: communication, community, The City, technology
The City team has worked hard to build and deliver a delightful, native iPhone app experience, and they are excited to have our church use it and let them know what we think!...
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May 17, 2013
by Paul Vroom
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We Believe...
It was also in that post where I respectively placed paedo-baptism and being Presbyterian in fourth and fifth place. Here me say this before you jump to any conclusions: I don’t consider Christian baptism insignificant, but I believe the debate between infant-baptists and believer-baptists has been elevated to a position of unhealthy prominence in the Christian community...
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May 16, 2013
by Paul Vroom
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We Believe... | Tags: baptism, Church, reformed, Calvinist, paedobaptist, Apostles Creed
My first priority is Jesus Christ; He has called me to be His disciple, so I am to pick up my cross, deny myself, follow Him, and encourage others to do the same....
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April 30, 2013
by Paul Vroom
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Stewardship | Tags: generosity, Stewardship, Stewards
God loves a cheerful giver. He delights in receiving the spontaneous offerings that flow from joyful hearts as expressions of trust and gratitude to God for what He has done and in who He is. Our giving is to be purposeful and according to our ability (Acts 11:27-30; 1 Peter 4:10, 11; 2 Corinthians 8:10-14). ...
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March 8, 2013
by Paul Vroom
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Discipleship
Our default modus operandi for interaction, particularly when we disagree, is mean-edged sarcasm and cynicism. It’s as if we don’t know how to make a point without it being at the end of an arrow aimed for someone’s heart. ...
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February 24, 2013
by Todd Paben
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Missional Life
Pastor Paul Vroom had three great questions from Sunday mornings sermon "Monday: Turning the Tables" from Luke 19:45-48. We pray that you would use these questions in your personal relationship with God, with your family, or your Missional Community. ...
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February 20, 2013
by Paul Vroom
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Worship
This Sunday we are going to be walking through Luke 19:41-48 where Jesus clears the Court of the Gentiles. Jesus has a red hot zeal for worship. His zeal for worshiping God was to be extended to all the nations! We see Jesus halting the traffic of those who were using the Court of Gentiles as a shortcut - "he “would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple....
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February 15, 2013
by Paul Vroom
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We Believe... | Tags: language, Theology
Well, as a pastor whose life is found ruminating on theological chunck and tibits, I sometimes quickly forget that not everyone is traveling with me, reading the same books as I am (or understand the context of sentences that I may have pulled out of a paragraph, which is located in a chapter, which is embedded in a book) or even in the same place spiritually or theologica...
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February 12, 2013
by Paul Vroom
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Stewardship
Are you a hands-on, action-oriented person? If yes, then your help is needed!...
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