Truth, Justice, and the American Way – Part 3 – Searching for Truth in a World of Lies
Grace Community Church
by Chris Riser
1y ago
Does a mask reduce your chances of getting Covid? Will Covid vaccines cause damage to you cellular DNA? Did Covid-19 spread by animal contact or from an experimental lab? Each of these is an issue of truth – only one of two possible answers (yes or no) is correct and they cannot both be true at the same time. However, the truth is hard to discover because two opposing answers are being vehemently argued for, with evidence being produced for either possibility. And therein lies the rub – which source of truth do we believe? How can we discern what it true when we did not see it with our own eye ..read more
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Truth, Justice, and the American Way – Part 2
Grace Community Church
by Chris Riser
1y ago
Great Sand Dunes, Mesa Verde, The Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree, Cabrillo Point, Great Sequoia, Yosemite, Yellowstone, Mt. Rushmore, The Badlands – what do all these places have in common? Well, first, they are national parks or monuments, set aside by our nation’s leaders in a time when foresight and equality of opportunity were still qualities inherent in our governmental system. Second, and more importantly for this article, these are places our family visited in our recent, three week, Wild West Tour. Yes, we drove over 7,000 miles and splatted about 7 million bugs on the grill of our faithful ..read more
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Truth, Justice and the American Way – Part 1
Grace Community Church
by Chris Riser
1y ago
Charles Spurgeon famously said, “If you want the truth to go round the world, you must hire an express train to pull it; but if you want a lie to go round the world it will fly; it is as light as a feather, and a breath will carry it on. It is well said in the old proverb, ‘a lie will go round the world while truth is putting its boots on.’” Perhaps we could update Spurgeon’s quote to say, “if you want a lie to go round the world it will fly; it is light as a feather; and a tweet will carry it on.” Regardless of the relative transportation methods of truth and falsehood, it is manifestly true ..read more
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COVID-19 and the Idol of Autonomy
Grace Community Church
by Greg Pickle
1y ago
At the heart of the gospel of Jesus Christ is the reality that all men are sinners who have defied their creator and, accordingly, are are desperate need of redemption. No small factor in this defiance of God is our desire for autonomy – our wish to be self-governed on an individual level, with no moral requirements outside of our own self-determined standard – which aligns with our own malleable desires. A major element, then, of a person turning to Christ as Lord is the rejection of such autonomy; it is a shift from self-will and self-governance to a heart that willingly (even if with great ..read more
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Know Fear – The Fear of the Lord Defined
Grace Community Church
by Chris Riser
1y ago
People have a lot of fears.  Here’s the top ten list of our favorite phobias from polls taken over the years: 1. Arachnophobia: The fear of spiders. 2. Ophidiophobia: The fear of snakes. 3. Acrophobia: The fear of heights. 4. Agoraphobia: The fear of situations in which escape is difficult (ya think?). 5. Cynophobia: The fear of dogs. 6. Astraphobia: The fear of thunder and lightning. 7. Trypanophobia: The fear of injections (so much for getting a vaccination to cure this phobia . . .) 8. Social Phobias: The fear of social situations. In many cases, thes ..read more
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Remember Those in Isolation
Grace Community Church
by Greg Pickle
1y ago
“Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves also are in the body.” – Hebrews 13:3 Since nearly the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have chosen to isolate themselves completely or in large part, due to concerns about contracting the virus or spreading it to others. Many of us have directly felt the effects of that isolation, especially with our loved ones (I, for example, haven’t seen my 95-year-old grandmother since this all began). It has been a strange and difficult season.  Included in this number ..read more
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Know Fear and Know No Fear
Grace Community Church
by Chris Riser
1y ago
So, how is your New Year going?  Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 is a day that will live in our memory for a long time.  At the very least it is the day that we realized that the New Year was not going to provide a magic cure for the things that ailed us in 2020.  Our capitol was occupied, people died, social media erupted, and the accusations and recriminations began to fly.  Where will it all end? If you were hoping for an erudite analysis of where everything is headed socially, politically, or even evangelically, then you will be sorely disappointed.  I am not a prophe ..read more
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Contentment and the Idol of Optimization
Grace Community Church
by Greg Pickle
1y ago
Christmas is over, and for many, though that bring sadness, it also brings with it some relief. Decorations, cooking, gatherings, wrapping presents… it’s a lot to handle, even with a reduced schedule in other areas. One of the most challenging parts of Christmas might be buying gifts for others. Not the act of spending money – which is a joy to do for those you love – but the act of finding just the right thing. Remember the days when Christmas lists were simple? A doll, a rocking horse, a BB gun… how could you go wrong? Not so today. Instead of a world where anything that fits the general cat ..read more
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Biden’ Our Time
Grace Community Church
by Chris Riser
1y ago
Exalting Christ in Any Administration I know, I know, the 2020 Election is not officially over.  While I think it highly unlikely that Donald Trump will pull magic ballots out of his litigation hat, there is still a process to be completed.  On December 14th (today!) state electors cast their ballots, December 23rd the president of the senate receives the electoral vote certificates and, finally, on January 6th congress counts the electoral votes and officially declares a winner.  Then of course the current president must actually leave the White House . . . . All this leaves th ..read more
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The Legacy of Value
Grace Community Church
by Chris Riser
1y ago
In preparation for a recent sermon, I came across a list of the world’s most lavish individual purchases.  At the top of the list was the acquisition of the History Supreme Yacht for 4.5 billion dollars.  This is no ordinary boat! The History Supreme is made from solid gold and platinum. Its main stateroom displays a bed whose headboard contains genuine Tyrannosaurus Rex bones (Go figure – The “Night at the Museum” franchise just got a new movie script).  While you are I are probably not ready to run out and purchase a four billion dollar ship – we should take time to carefully ..read more
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