by Pastor Doug Bender | Aug 27, 2016 | Blog
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”-Matthew 22 Last month our St. Paul’s staff...
by Pastor Doug Bender | Jul 22, 2016 | Blog
It’s hard to believe that after so much planning, preparation, fundraising, and group meetings the 2016 National Youth Gathering has now come and gone. This marks my 4th Gathering – twice I attended as a youth participant and twice now I have helped lead a...
by Pastor Doug Bender | Jun 4, 2016 | Blog
After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. Just then there appeared...
by Pastor Doug Bender | May 13, 2016 | Blog
What powerful words from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians! For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. These words make up part of the bedrock of our...
by Pastor Doug Bender | Apr 29, 2016 | Blog
5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!” 6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had...
