Posts from March 2024

  Dear SCC & Friends, …of first importance… ~1 Corinthians 15:3 Reflection #212 Death …And it was now about the sixth hour, and darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour, the sun being obscured; and the veil of the temple was torn in two. And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into Thy hands I commit My spirit.” And having said this, He breathed His last. Now when the centurion saw what had happened,…

Dear SCC & Friends, Hosanna! ~John 12:13 Reflection #211                  Palm Sunday celebrates Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. It is the beginning of Holy Week, and what a week it was. We will never know this side of heaven what terrible struggles took place in the spiritual world between Palm Sunday and Easter morning. ~Rodney Buchanan~ So many times Jesus had told His disciples, “My time has not yet come.” …but now His time had come… Today was the day…

  Dear SCC & Friends, The grass withers, the flower fades… ~Isaiah 40:8 Reflection #210                  It’s been said that ours is a world of expiration dates, limited shelf life and planned obsolescence. This is not a commercial, but our Maytag washing machine was like “old man river… it just kept on rolling along.” It never failed us, but after twenty-seven years and thousands of washes, it’s time had come. We had a repairman look at it and he said,…

Dear SCC & Friends, …run with endurance… ~Hebrews 12:1 Reflection #209                  The race is not always to the swift but to him who keeps on running. ~Alistair Begg~ …let us run with endurance the race that is set before us… ~Heb. 12:1 Whether we like it or not, we are all called to run… to lay hold of that for which we were created. Many years ago, I took the challenge to run in a marathon. The key to…

Dear SCC & Friends, Don’t throw away your confidence. ~Hebrews 10:35 Reflection #208                  Confidence may be defined as an assurance of mind or firm belief in the integrity, stability and veracity of something or someone… If you’ve lived awhile, you’ve had your confidence shaken and in some cases even shattered. God is faithful to give us the grace to stay the course in the midst of trial and tribulation. Let us therefore draw near with confidence to the throne…