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Elder Kurt Kowalk
Memorial Day 2020
For Christians, the day serves as a vivid reminder of the ultimate sacrifice that was paid for our spiritual freedom- that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, willingly bore our sins on the cross so that all who believe in Him might be reconciled to Him and have eternal life.This Memorial Day as we remember…
Doing what’s right in difficult times
On Saturday, a group of about a dozen men and women from FBC came together to help Doug and Kathy June move into their new home. We prayed, worked, and ate together. What became apparent to me as the day went on is how much I’ve missed being in fellowship with other believers. Yes, there…
Praying in Hard Times
About a year ago when I seriously started exploring becoming an elder, I never expected to be involved in the details of doing church during a pandemic. Trying to reconcile scriptures dealing with submission to authority (Romans 13 and 1 Peter 2) with those scriptures calling for collective and corporate worship (Hebrews 10:24-25) have led…
Greetings
Like many of you, I’ve been working from home for several weeks. Much of my day is made up of meetings, currently being conducted online via Zoom or other video meeting applications. My calendar is set up to notify me 5 minutes before the start of each meeting. At that time, I log in to…
Basics
As some of you know, I’ve made a career out of working with computers. Starting in the early 1980’s, I’ve worked in many different areas of the industry, but for the most part, I’ve always returned to hardware support. One of the main things I’ve learned is that if you don’t know the basics, dealing…
Idle Hands
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world–the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life–is not of the Father but is of the world.(1…
Be Humble and Pray
“Mike Pence mocked for praying with coronavirus task force at White House”https://www.christianpost.com/news/mike-pence-mocked-for-praying-coronavirus-task-force-white-house.html It should come as no surprise to us as Christian that the world around us is unable to understand our response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We know we’re not immune to the trials of the world but we are equipped to face them.…
I Am With You
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases predicts 100,000-200,000 deaths from the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. Tim Johnson, Eaton Rapids Medical Center President & CEO on March 18th in a letter to the community stated that they have two confirmed positive cases at the local hospital and…