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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”

August 23rd 2020 Rev. Curt Luthye, guest preacher Psalm 17:1-7, 15 When I was a kid and my mother would start our bedtime routine, she would tell me to “brush my teeth and get ready for bed.” I would regularly look at her in all sincerity and full of youthful honesty and say, “I alreadyContinueContinue reading “Psalm 17”

August 16th 2020 Pastor Galen Zook Isaiah 56:1, 6-8; Matthew 15:21-28 Jesus had been going around teaching and preaching, healing the sick, and performing miracles. As a traveling rabbi, Jesus had disciples and crowds of people who followed him wherever he went, listening to every word that he had to say. But here, in MatthewContinueContinue reading “To the Lost Sheep”

August 9th 2020 Pastor Galen Zook 1 Kings 19:9-13a, Matt. 14:23-33, Rom. 10:5-8 “The word is near you, on your lips and in your heart” Zealous In 1 Kings 19, Elijah was running for his life from Queen Jezebel. Elijah had just staged a dramatic demonstration on Mount Carmel. He had called all of theContinueContinue reading “The Word Is Near You”