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It's a New Year! And the good news of the Gospel is that we are under a New Covenant. The word covenant means a binding commitment or a mutual promise between two people or two parties. It is a word that appears hundreds of times in Scripture to describe God’s relationship to us his people. When Jesus sat down to celebrate the Jewish Feast of Passover with his disciples he held up the cup...

/~A Christmas blog from Christina Ellerman/ In September I started working for a faith based non-profit in the Lake Hills area in Bellevue. I really love the organization and am so glad to be a part of their mission to love the people of Bellevue. I started off working in an after school program we run at Highland Middle School. For the last month and a half I have also been work a morning...

1 John 4:7-21 / Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we...

As I work with kids nearly everyday, I hear a lot of "Gaaaaah..." and "Nooooooo," and "I can't do this!" Usually, the cause of the complaints is because the work is perceived as too difficult or unfamiliar. We often have to discuss how there would be no point in always doing work that is...

Our lives our filled with God's blessings, and it is easy for those blessings to preoccupy us and distract us. We can get so caught up with the good things we enjoy. We eventually forget the one who gave them to us. Scripture says, "God richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment"...

I was very impressed this summer to see several of my neighbors with black numbers and letters scribbled on their shoulders and legs. It turns out they had done a triathalon. As I asked them about it they all lit up with smiles from ear to ear. It was intriguing to see them so happy, so of...

Dear Married Ladies, This weekend is Father's Day, and as a father of five, I thought I would send you some thoughts on how to maximize your weekend. 1) REMEMBER THE GOSPEL The gospel message is simple. God crossed heaven to give himself up for us and make us his own. Simple, right? Yes!...

What does it mean to be a Christian? Does it mean you like VeggieTales and are really "nice"? Does it mean you picket at funerals? What does it mean? In Acts 6 we see the early Christians in action and there is something peculiar about them. Luke takes the time to record what was happening...

We all want to make a difference in the world. We want to leave a legacy and to know that the world is a better place than it was when we got here. But there are so many charities and worthy causes. Where does God really want us to invest ourselves? Let's face it. Money is part of all of our...

This is going to be a reverse blog today. Usually I write something to be helpful to you. Today I am writing to ask you to write something that will be helpful to me. This morning Elliana Joy our oldest child had laser surgery on her tongue. The procedure was called a lingual franectomy,...

God is the center of the Christian life. We go through our daily routine with a faith in Him that transforms how we act and react to the circumstances that come our way. The 4G's are a helpful...

Sin is a dark and depressing subject. After all, who wants to think about offending or disappointing the creator of the universe? And yet we all recognize that our world is not the place we dream...

Our focus on the 4G's[1] continued this week with the second G. "God is Glorious so I don’t have to fear others" Proverbs 29:25 tells us that “The fear of man lays a snare but whoever...

For the month of January Emmaus Road Church is focusing on the 4G's. The an 4G's are four truths about God that deeply impact the way we live our everyday lives. I am grateful for my Acts29...

RECIPE FOR RELATIONAL WHOLENESS This time of year is full of food. We all like to eat. In fact we just got a box from my Aunt and Uncle in Germany. It was filled with German cookies and sweets,...

Last Friday night after a full day of work our team of six people from Emmaus Road Church in Newcastle gathered on the Eastside to pray for our upcoming weekend. The trip was called Seattle...

The snow has fallen here in Newcastle and covered the world in a blanket of white. Everything looks peaceful, quiet and clean. Isaiah thought that snow was a great display of the gospel and I...

God's grace is sufficient for you. The Apostle Paul was going through some hard stuff. He was pleading for God to change his situation. But the Lord says to him "My grace is sufficient for...

The Book of Eli is a fascinating movie full of both suspenseful action and spiritual truth. The movie is set in a post-apocalyptic world where Denzel Washington walks his way through bleak...

This morning as I came into the kitchen I was greeted by 10 month old Kenzie Parker, sitting in her high chair and clapping for me!The spontaneous round of applause warmed my heart and made me...

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