Articles written by pastor joe elick 1940-2021
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Who Ya' Gonna Trust (With a Capital T) - 5/17/92
What or Whom can I believe in without experiencing the BIG "Wipe Out," or the extreme pain of the "Big D." Disappointment? We all wonder and worry about this. If we run across the yard to kick the...
Lawlessness
Sermon given on 5/10/92 11 Corinthians 5:11 – 6:2 The headline on the front page of Thursday's Pioneer Press newspaper read: "L.A. buries its riot victims" The accompanying picture showed a young C...
Reflections On the Easter Side of the Cross 1-19-92
Luke 24: 1-12 Often times in life it is darkest just before the "Son Rises." This past few weeks we have been examining some of the major events of our Lord's life on the Cross Side of Easter. Today... Full story
Reflections From the Cross Side of Easter, Part 2: Alone
We are looking, these next few weeks at "Themes of Lent". Reflections on the "Cross Side of Easter." Events leading up to our Lord's sacrificial death on the Cross for our sins. In the Gospels we...
Part 1: Reflections from the Cross Side of Easter: How Much Are You In Love? 3/13/92
"What are you giving up for Lent?" a little girl asked me one Lenten Season when I was a student at Bethel College. She was a passenger on the school bus I drove, and as a patrol girl on my bus she...
The Character of the Christian Part 4: Making Work Meaningful (3-8-92)
Genesis 2: 4-9, 15-17: Ephesians 4:28 This morning I want to talk with you a bit about WORK as we continue the series on The Character of the Christian Life. WORK! In America, if we’re fortunate to h... Full story
The Character of the Christian Part 3 – The Commotion of Emotion called Anger 3/1/92
John 14: 23-27; Ephesians 4:26-31 We are looking at the character of the Christian. There's an old Gospel Song that goes: "What a wonderful change in my life has been wrought since Jesus came into my...
The Character of the Christian Part 11 (2/23/92)
Read Psalm 1 Idea: What does the "new self" (new in character) look like? We are looking at the character of the Christian. In 11 Corinthians 5:17 Paul writes: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he...
Christians Are Called To BE Who They Are 2/16/92
Ephesians 4: 17,5:2 This week we're going to look at the Character of the Christian. To say that Christians are to have character is not to say that Christians are characters but if you're going to...
What Have You Got? What Are You Doing With It?... 1/27/02
Matthew 25: 14-30 Mankind has value because we/they are created, and that in the image of God. Genesis 1:1 says, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." In Genesis 1:26 God's Word...
Sifted or Pruned, What Will It Be? 1/20/02
John 15: 1-8; Luke 22: 31,32 Life is not static, that is, without anything happening. Even when life seems uneventful, even boring, (Parents: Have you ever heard your kids say, even once, "I'm... Full story
Seeing Through the "Mist" 1-13-02
Psalm 145: Psalm 103:14 What do you think you see? What do you think you hear? What do you think you know? We're going to explore the answer (not necessarily answers) to these questions this morning....
Morning Song (Philippians 2:1-11) 1/12/92
"For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake's he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich." (11 Corinthians 8:9) In the year 112...
"Christianity's A Real Stinker Sometimes!" 1-19-1992, Job 1: 1-20
Many times life does not go as we thought or hoped it would, and sometimes the whole thing seems out of control. The other day a gremlin got into my Volvo. You know those invisible little imps that...
