Saturday:Homebuilders! Share in the wisdom of God’s Word to build your house wisely from 9:30-11:00am at Elim. Please contact the church office for more information.
On the Lord’s Day:
9:15 am — Sunday school classes for all ages: Classes for graded age groups meet to learn from the Scriptures. To see Sunday school classes, ages and meeting locations, click on the red “Ministries” button under the category “Pages” (to the right).
10:30 am — In preparation for corporate worship, begin praying now for God’s Word to be delivered in spirit and in truth during the morning worship service. We’ll continue in our study of the book of Jude, learning what it means to “contend for the faith.”
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Posted on March 27th, 2009 by Janet
Filed under: This Week @ Elim
Jude, Jesus Christ’s half brother, was well aware of a proliferation of false teachers who threatened the church, and he knew he had to address this evil and rapidly growing cancer. He wanted to write a simple, encouraging epistle to believers about their “common salvation”. But because of the serious threat of false teachers, he instead wrote a stern warning prompting Christians to “earnestly contend” for the faith (Jude 3). Read more…
Posted on March 1st, 2009 by Robert
Filed under: Elim Refresher Newsletter, From the Pew
Our book review this month is Grace in the End, A Study in Deuteronomic Theology by J. Gordon McConville, which is taken from the series Studies in Old Testament Biblical Theology. This is a wonderful book with a simple and natural division. The first five chapters are apologetic, that is, they provide a a formal defense and reasoned argument against the claims of the “higher critical school of theology.” Read more…
Posted on March 1st, 2009 by Scott
Filed under: Elim Refresher Newsletter, From the Church Library
One recent, early morning I was enabled to use the sleeplessness that seems so common to me these days for a time of study in the ultra-quiet of the hour. Sometimes those wee hours can be a bit spooky; you know, things that “go bump in the night.” But this was a morning energized by the Lord prompting me to study and pray for the people I love most dearly—that would be you! Read more…
Posted on March 1st, 2009 by Pastor Larry
Filed under: Elim Refresher Newsletter, From the Pastor’s Pen