After 18 years (and counting) working with teen and college-age students, Senior Associate Pastor Brian Sharpe shares what God has taught him about parenting. These lessons extend far beyond parenting as we all need to “write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates” and in everything we do (Deut. 6:9).
The people waited, and waited, and waited, perhaps even wondering if God had forgotten them, if He had forgotten His Promise. But the silence is about to end. God was about to break into our world. “They will call the baby Emmanuel — God with us.”
God led Pastor Martin to do a “Give Away Sunday,” in which Elim gives away 100% of the collected tithe to local and global outreach efforts. But God also had something very special in store for the body at Elim. Listen to learn more!
Advent is about waiting. For Israel, they were waiting for the Messiah, which was fulfilled when Jesus Christ was born. But for us today, Advent is also about waiting for Christ’s second coming when Jesus will return and reign over all nations, all people everywhere and for all eternity.
Pastor Nate preaches a first-person narrative from the perspective of Simon Peter to finish up Mark 1. In this narrative, Peter tells his perspective on the story of Jesus healing a man with leprosy and the story of his “aha moment.”
Throughout the Old Testament we read how Israel, God’s chosen people, rebelled against Him and turned their backs on Him. We each have a choice: Will we be like Israel, a rebellious child that turned their back on God? Or will we be a loving child of God, experiencing fullness of life in Christ?
God loves us so much that even when we disobey He continues to love us and care for us. He promised a Redeemer—He promised Someone who would restore everything that was lost. This man, Jesus, would restore all of God’s creation to its original purpose and beauty.