Love God, love neighbor, make disciples. doug@pastordougolson.com
Our scripture this morning is John 15:1-4. I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. You have already been pruned and purified by the message I …
Our scripture this morning is Romans 10:14-15. But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them? And how will anyone go and tell them …
Our scripture this morning is Matthew 7:8-11. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a …
Our scripture this morning is Luke 1:45. You are blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what he said. This verse is spoken by Elizabeth, mother-to-be of John the Baptist, to Mary, mother-to-be of Jesus Christ our Lord. These two women had been chosen by God for very special and similar purposes. John …
Our scripture this morning is Ruth 1:16-17. But Ruth replied, “Don’t ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be …
I’m traveling again this weekend, this time for our son’s college graduation in Illinois. Back home and back to regular format on Monday. Our scripture this morning is 2 Thessalonians 3:3-5. But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one. And we are confident in the Lord that …
Our scripture this morning is Hebrews 13:6-8. So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?” Remember your leaders who taught you the word of God. Think of all the good that has come from their lives, and follow the …
Our scripture this morning is Isaiah 53:5-6. But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid …
Our scripture this morning is Galatians 6:8-10. Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit. So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right …
Our scripture this morning is 1 John 4:9-11. God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to …