God is a Statist?
By: Steve Griffineditor@casscomm.com A Facebook acquaintance, with a penchant for conflating libertarianism with atheism and anarchy, opined: “Rarely does a Libertarian identify government as ‘the...
View Article(Un)Biblical Wisdom: God’s Plan
By: Scott Egberseditor@casscomm.com There is no shortage of proverbs, adages, and sayings that we use and distribute. We can find them daily circulating on social media and being repeated in casual...
View Article(Un)-Biblical Wisdom: Cleanliness
By: Scott Egberseditor@casscomm.com During the month of September, this column is considering some popular Christian adages that are believed to come from the Bible. Some of these sayings have a...
View Article(Un)-Biblical Wisdom: God Helps Those Who Help Themselves
By: Scott Egberseditor@casscomm.com During the month of September, this column is considering some popular Christian adages that are often believed to come from the Bible. Some of these sayings have...
View Article(Un)-Biblical Wisdom: Sinners go to Hell
By: Scott Egberseditor@casscomm.com During the month of September, we have been considering a few popular Christian adages that are often believed to come from the Bible. Some of the sayings have a...
View ArticleKeep working and watching... It’s harvest time
By: Mike Coursoneditor@casscomm.com I grew up on a small farm in south-central Illinois. I’ve always said that I wouldn’t trade my upbringing with that of anyone else in the world. I loved being...
View Article‘Our failures are not fatal!’
By: Mike Coursoneditor@casscomm.com Since it’s football season, I thought you might like this story. Roy Riegels had a chance for fame and glory on New Year’s Day, 1929. The University of...
View ArticleA tale of two pots!
By: Mike Coursoneditor@casscomm.com A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on either end of a pole, which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the...
View ArticlePowerful prayer that fits in your pocket!
By: Mike Coursoneditor@casscomm.com I just finished a series of sermons based on a study by Max Lucado entitled: “Before Amen – The Power of a Simple Prayer!” I would highly recommend it to you...
View ArticlePaul’s three favorite words
By: Mike Coursoneditor@casscomm.com We all have favorite things that we really like. There are favorite foods to eat, favorite cars to drive, favorite movies to watch, favorite games to play, and so...
View ArticleGracious Giving
By: Clifford Hanceeditor@casscomm.com One of the effects of the Fall (Genesis 3) is that we do not want to give. We like to keep for ourselves, amassing wealth instead of spending ourselves. If we...
View ArticleIf You Are….I Am Grateful
By: Clifford Hanceeditor@casscomm.comLuke 17:11-19Ten Lepers Cleansed A minister, while traveling by plane, ended up sitting next to a man who claimed to be an atheist. After a bit of light...
View ArticleLovers of Self
By: Clifford Hanceeditor@casscomm.com One of the dangerous teachings of the “New Age” movement which has spilled over into modern evangelicalism is the notion of “self-love.” Many psychologists—even...
View ArticleGerhardt’s ‘O Jesus Christ, Thy Manger Is’
By: Pastor Douglas Evensoneditor@casscomm.com I’m going to share Focus on Faith articles for December with Vicar Phillip Fischaber. We will be presenting short articles on select verses from a...
View ArticleA continued look at Gerhardt’s classic hymn ‘Thy Manger is’
By: Vicar Phillip Fischaber Continuing from last week, this week we look at the second stanza of Paul Gerhardt’s Christmas hymn, “O Jesus Christ, Thy Manger Is.” He whom the sea And wind obey...
View ArticleO Jesus Christ, Thy Manger Is – Part 4
By: Vicar Phillip Fischabereditor@casscomm.com Last week Pastor Evenson talked about how Christ takes away the sins of the world, and the week before that I talked about Christ’s power over all...
View ArticleO Jesus Christ, Thy Manger Is – Part 5
By: Pastor Douglas Evensoneditor@casscomm.com This edition of FOCUS ON FAITH comes on New Year’s Eve. Why do we celebrate as we do? There are parties, parades, and football games. Champaign corks...
View ArticleExperiencing new things through God
By: Brian Kenneyeditor@casscomm.com As we begin 2016, I’d like to share with you several scriptures that point our hearts toward experiencing something new each week. Over the next four weeks, we...
View ArticleThe History of ‘Great Is Thy Faithfulness’
By: Brian Kenneyeditor@casscomm.com Lamentations 3:22-24 tell us this: 22 “Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning; Great is...
View ArticleLoving thy neighbor more than thyself
By: Brian Kenneyeditor@casscomm.com John 13:34 tells us this: “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” In what sense are...
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