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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...

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(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...

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(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...

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(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...

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(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...

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Keep 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...

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‘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...

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A 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...

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Powerful 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...

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Paul’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...

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Gracious 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...

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If 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...

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Lovers 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...

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Gerhardt’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...

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A 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...

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O 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...

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O 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...

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Experiencing 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...

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The 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...

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Loving 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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