After a week off for our Vacation Bible School, the 9th Avenue congregation picked up again singing her 99 favorite songs. So far, songs 99-49 are on the website, and the songs we sang last night are coming soon. Please check here often. The songs sung last night were: #48–He Touched Me #47–Blessed Assurance #46–Step [...]

There are many in our time who say that events such as Vacation Bible Schools, Gospel Meetings and youth rallies no longer are effective. They say that these types of events worked when members of our society had “nothing else to do.” Large crowds and scores of responses were commonplace. But that’s not the case [...]

As you now know, the Washington state supreme court banned same-sex marriages within that state on Tuesday. However, the fight is not over. Gay-rights advocates are redoubling their efforts. Please read the following article from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Only months ago, Washington appeared poised to become a cutting-edge state for gay rights. Its population of [...]

On Tuesday, by a 5-4 vote, the Washington state supreme court refused to legalize gay marriage. The vote has been expected for some time, but it was still good to see it come down. It is disturbing that the vote was close, but the victory is still a good one. Just a few weeks ago, [...]

I wanted to give very brief updates to two stories we have posted recently. First, we had a story last week about Floyd Landis and his chace for the yellow jersey in the annual Tour de France. Yesterday, Landis won the race! It is truly a remarkable story, and it makes great sermon illustration material. [...]