When we consider the concept of "Home", it can be difficult to define. Certain factors can make one place feel like home, while another place, perhaps even where we currently reside, does not. There is a concept in scripture that comes up...
Like Laurent Clerc who left his native land and became a sojourner in a foreign land, we have been called by God to sojourn now in these temporary fleshly bodies, these tabernacles to be Christ's ambassadors. We've been called for a...
The Old Testament speaks of patriarchs, prophets and others as sojourners, strangers and pilgrims on this earth. Heb. 11:13-15 attests to this truth. Acts 2 records the beginning of the New Testament church. Reading further into the book...
The Bible tells us that God owns the land, and He lets us have it temporarily. Due to this, we are strangers and sojourners in this life and the land we live on is only temporarily given to us by God to use. We need to focus on our true...
Abraham faithfully and obediently walked with God. As followers of God who live in an ungodly world, we need be become like sons of Abraham. Let's consider three aspects of walking with God in our world today, as we look toward our...
Being a Christian is just like living as strangers and pilgrims. We need to be proud to stand out from the crowd and not be ashamed to tell others of our beliefs.
As pilgrims and sojourners, we must recognize the dangers of the toxic world we travel in and be ready to get rid of anything that can harm our spiritual growth.
As I reflect on the year past and all that our family and congregation have experienced, I can’t help but feel extremely blessed. For a brief moment, our nation turns to a Day of Thanksgiving. Yes, there were trials and tribulation,...
Israel's great escape from Egypt was a miracle of deliverance by God, as was the provision they received during their 40 years of wandering in the desert sojourning toward the promised land. Today we can receive the same deliverance from...
Following the passing of a local church member, pastor Philip Aust discusses how God has described for us the importance of life and death, and what He wants us to know about our sojourn here on earth. [Note - A power outage affected the...
In Paul's second epistle to Timothy, Paul mentions that his fellow worker Demas "has forsaken me, having loved this present world." The apostle John talked about "Do not love the world or the things in the world." In this message, we...
As sojourners and pilgrims in this world, Christians must live Godly lives; different from those in society around us, as ambassadors with purpose, maintaining good conduct, as Christ is now our King. This is how we find and attain the...
Many have been called and chosen, and continue to be faithful over many years in this current age. Called by various names--sojourners, pilgrims, or pioneers--it is a journey. Here are (4) points to consider on how to remain stronger than...
Like Abraham, we are pilgrims and sojourners. Dwelling in tents, alongside Isaac and Jacob, they sought that homeland which was from above. Similarly, we may live in this world, but as Jesus said, we are not a part of this world.
