The Rock Church

God Breathed

“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:16-17

We just finished our study through the Book of Jonah; I think the story of Jonah has become one of the most challenging stories in the Bible to believe. Even back in 1794, Thomas Paine, author of “The Age of Reason” says that the book of Jonah is “…A fit story for ridicule if it was written to be believed — or of laughter if it was intended to try what credulity could swallow, for if it could swallow Jonah and the whale it could swallow anything.”

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Made Complete

By God’s grace and because of Jesus’ death and resurrection, I am being made complete. I love that truth.

All of my children are now 21 years old (and older), living their adult lives and following the Lord for themselves. My role as a father looks very different now from the days of changing diapers, coaching flag football, giving white knuckle driving lessons, and doing my best to instill godly principles. Those are sweet memories that I will always cherish.

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Growing Faith, Increasing Love

“We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.” 2 Thessalonians 1:3

Recently, I had the absolute privilege of going on our “Core Retreat” with our SLC location. That time together was tremendous. For two nights and three days nearly 100 people gathered in the mountains for a time of: connecting with each other, worshipping together, learning together, hiking together, playing paint ball together, and even watching the kiddos brave a huge “slip-n-side” down the mountain side.

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Garage Sales for Jesus

“Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity.” Colossians 4:5

A couple months ago, Krista and I decided we should have a garage sale. The kids had outgrown some of their old clothes and toys and, after deciding to move next year we needed to sell some things to help pay for packing and storage companies fees.

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Musings on Madison

You may have read of the recent news stories concerning the Ashley Madison website. Sadly, it is a dating website that targets married people who are looking to have an affair. Recently, hackers broke into the website’s servers and stole their information. Now, millions of people (who were either openly or secret looking to have an affair) have been exposed.

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