Author Archives: Galen Zook

September 27th 2020 Pastor Galen Zook Exodus 17:1-7; Philippians 2:1-13 Moses was not prone to getting angry very easily. The decades that he spent tending his father-in-law’s flocks of sheep in the wilderness had taught him a great deal of patience. But here in Exodus 17, the Israelites seem to be “getting on his lastContinueContinue reading “Strike The Rock”

September 20th 2020 Pastor Galen Zook Exodus 16:2-15; Matthew 20:1-16 Thanks! What Is It? How many of you have ever received a present from someone, but when you opened it up, you had no idea what it was? You’re honored that the person thought of you and took the time to buy or make youContinueContinue reading “What Is It?”

September 13th 2020 Pastor Galen Zook Exodus 14:19-31 Too Good to Be True? Do you remember the feeling that you had when your boss said you could leave work early, but you’d still get paid for the full day? Or in school, when you were given a special task to do which required you toContinueContinue reading “Into The Sea”

September 6th 2020 Pastor Galen Zook Psalm 149; Matthew 18:15-20 “House of Shalom” In 2008, my wife and I felt God was leading us to take a huge step of faith. At the time we were living in a small rowhouse in Southwest Baltimore. We had a young child and another on the way. WeContinueContinue reading “Praises and Swords (?)”

August 30th 2020 Pastor Galen Zook Romans 12:9-21; Matthew 16:24-25  In Romans 12, Paul instructs us to “Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good” (Rom. 12:9). Some of us have no problem with the “hating what is evil” part — especially when that evil is found in otherContinueContinue reading “Holding Fast”