January 5 – 1851 = Baptism of James I. Good. Father minister, passing on the promises of God. Acts 2:39 “For the promise is for you and your children and all those who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” James I... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
January 4 – 1579 = William Teellinck born in Zerikzee, Netherlands. Isaiah 46:9-10 “Remember the former things of old; for I am God and there is no other, and there is none like me declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
January 3 – 1576 = Marriage of Charlotte Arbaleste to Philip D’Mornay, Zephaniah 3:17 “The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
January 2 – 1519 = Ulrich Zwingli begins preaching through the book of Matthew in Zurich Acts 20:27 “for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.” The Lord works through His word. The Reformation of His church begins... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
January 1 – 1484 = Zwingli is born in 1484. Zechariah 4:10a “For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.” Big things seldom start out big. They have to grow, or in... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Rev. Randy Klynsma has accepted a call to come and be an associate pastor at St. John’s with the responsibility of planting a church in Omaha. We praise God for answered prayer and we look forward to the Klynsma’s arrival. Keep them... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Come join us for Christmas Day service at 10:30am. We will celebrate the birth of our savior together in worship. “What benefit do you receive from the holy conception and birth of Christ? That He is our Mediator, and with His innocence and... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
3 John John finishes his letter with the same emphasis. He wishes peace upon the believers at the church and then he greets the friends. Usually one would expect to find the word “brothers” here, but John goes with “friends”. John is trying to draw... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
3 John John has much to say, but he would rather say it face to face. That is the summary of verses 13 and 14. This is probably a great joy to Gaius who would love to see John. Probably not such good news for Diotrophes, who is like to receive a... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
3 John Demetrius is obviously a servant of the gospel in someway. Probably someone who was helping John, and is now going on some sort of errand or mission for John and is going to be passing through. Remember Diotrophes has refused to welcome the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
