Pastor Jim Mann “This is My command: love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, that someone would lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you slaves anymore, because a slave doesn’t know…
Tag: Pastor’s Corner
Religion, April 2016
Pastor’s Corner
Jim Mann In the Gospel of John we read “On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, ‘If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.’”…
Religion, March 2016
Pastor’s Corner
Jim Mann “Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of…
Religion, March 2016
Pastor’s Corner
Jim Mann “Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of…
Religion, February 2016
Pastor’s Corner
Pastor Jim Mann February is the month of love, so what better time to talk about God? “God is love,” the Bible tells us (1 John 4:8). That’s a pretty straight-forward statement but easily misunderstood. When we say God is love, we’re not discussing his ontological being. For example God is not the love of…
Religion, December 2015
Pastor’s Corner
Pastor Jim Mann Two millennia ago, nine months before the first Christmas, a miracle took place in the village of Nazareth. That day a young girl was filled with the Spirit of God, and she received an amazing gift—a gift for the entire world. That day God’s life flowed through her and brought the promise…
Religion, November 2015
Pastor’s Corner
Pastor Jim Mann Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will…
Religion, September 2015
Pastor’s Corner
Pastor Jim Mann Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness—without it no one will see the Lord. (Hebrews 12:14, HCSB) The Bible tells us we are to pursue (sometimes translated as hunt for) holiness and peace. That verb is instructive, I believe, because neither holiness nor peace is our natural bent as humans. Cain discovered that…
Religion, August 2015
Pastor’s Corner
Pastor Jim Mann In the Apostle Paul’s letter to the church in Colossae, he wrote these words: “Devote yourselves to prayer; stay alert in it with thanksgiving (Colossians 4:2, HCSB).” If we’re not careful, we pass over the sentence too quickly…we miss the Apostle’s depth of meaning…his deep desire that he be taken seriously. Let…
Religion, July 2015
Pastor’s Corner
Pastor Jim Mann What to wear? Have you ever stood at the closet door asking that very question, or perhaps sat waiting on your spouse who is attempting to answer that question? Well, the answer’s easier than you might think. The Apostle Paul gives us the answer in his letter to the Colossians. “Therefore, as…