A request was made by a member of The Fount to address the question of assisted suicide. What does the Bible have to say about it? And what does the church teach about it? First, the Bible never uses the word “suicide”, but there are many examples of people who...
Once again, we are assaulted by a mass shooting in America. Almost instantly, the pundits jump to the microphones to pontificate on what the problem is and why this keeps happening to us in the most free land in the world. Some point to the problem as stemming from the...
I’ve been sharing my thoughts coming out of the pandemic regarding how we need to think about moving forward in ministry. I gave an overview of those thoughts here, and then expanded on those thoughts here, here, and here. This week, I want to expand on my final thought...
Pastor Glen will begin a new, 5-part sermon series this coming Sunday, April 24th. The series is called “Who We Are in Christ” and will cover 5 essential identifying marks of all Jesus-followers. Here is an outline of the series: April 24th: “New Creation” 2 Corinthians 5:17 May 1st: “No...
Two weeks ago, in my blog post (which you can read here – click on the blue underlined word “here” to be taken to the post), I wrote about what we have learned during the pandemic and how we, as a church, need to adapt our practices to meet the...
Last week, I outlined what I believe to be the lessons learned during the pandemic and what our focus should be going forward. You can read that post here (click on “here” to be taken to the post). This week I want to dig deeper into the first two points...
It has been two years since we shut down in-person worship and gatherings at The Fount because of the COVID-19 pandemic. I remember that Cyndy and I went to Arizona, originally planning to see an Angels spring training game with Eaar and Susan Oden, Beth Silvers, and two of our...
Since Julie is on vacation this week and we won’t be blessed with one of her “Thoughtful Thursday” posts, I was wondering on this Wednesday… How is your fruit? I am preaching a series of sermons on “Fruit of the Spirit”. Every Christian — Every. Christian. — should display the...
Starting this Sunday, June 27th, Pastor Glen will give a nine-part series on the “Fruit of the Spirit” (Galatians 5:22-26). Our preschool children know all of the fruit of the Spirit by heart, because they sing the song! But for those who need a refresher, the Fruit of the Spirit...
Over time, the words “Choose Life” have been used in different ways, both by Christians as by the secular world. In high school I even had a t-shirt that said “CHOOSE LIFE” in big block letters because a popular band featured the shirt in thier music videos on MTV. Honestly,...