Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things unseen. (Hebrews 11:1) There have probably been times in your life when someone has said to you, “You can do it. I have faith in you.” Maybe it’s you who’ve said those words to someone else. Every day we place our faith in our nation’s government to spend our tax dollars wisely, in our employers to maintain our jobs and pay our wages, in our spouses to be loyal and even in the other drivers with whom we share the......

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For those of you who have computer savvy, you may enjoy Googling things to find out what’s out there on the web. It’s amazing how many Scott Mann’s there are in this world and one of these days I may head up to Eau Claire to meet the Scott Mann of that area. I did Google “Christian Mission Trips” the other day, since it’s time for me to begin praying about where our adult and youth teams will go this year. And it came up with 29 million 600 thousand results for......

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This morning it’s again raining outside, and while I thank God for the water that nourishes the plants and animals, we all know that too much rain can cause flooding and damage. Looking at the damage caused by too much water in our surrounding communities, in parts of our nation and around the world is sobering and heart-breaking. God promises in Genesis 9, “I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the......

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