Pg 03 Letter from the Pastors
Seasons God designed life to be marked by seasons. Winter gives way to spring rains that nourish the earth [...]
Pg 04 Let No One Take You Captive
Your Word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. Psalm 119:105 In the summer of [...]
Pg 06 Pastors’ Perspective & Another Perspective (Q3 2022)
In each Epistle, this column features a single question to which our pastors are asked to reply. It is usually [...]
Pg 08 The Legacy of Abraham: One God, One Plan
"Throughout history, most cultures and societies have tried to invent, imagine, and construct their own worldviews based on subjective human [...]
Pg 12 Sending the Kim Family
On June 19, First Church held a special Commissioning Service for Pastor Su Kim and his family to celebrate God’s [...]
Pg 14 The Centrality of Scripture
Societal standards change at a dizzying rate. If you conform your thinking to the prevailing opinions of today, be [...]
Pg 16 Book Review: Fault Lines by Voddie T. Baucham Jr.
Reviewed by Pastor Brad Rogers Born and raised during desegregation in South Central Los Angeles, Voddie Baucham was bussed [...]
Pg 18 True Liberty
JULY MEMORY VERSE "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." [...]
Pg 19 Building a Biblical Worldview for Your Family
In this issue, we read about some harmful worldviews and hopefully see the truth in a biblical worldview. But how [...]
Pg 20 The American Biblical Worldview
Modern-day scholars and political commentators have often asserted that Enlightenment philosophers and authors most influenced the Founders of the American [...]
Pg 23 Introducing Pastor Steve Clark
As summer approached, it became clear that God was opening the door for Pastor Su Kim and his family to [...]
Pg 24 Growing Together
As I write this article, our Tuesday evening women’s group has just read and had lively discussions about four [...]
Pg 26 Reader’s Corner
by Pastor Doug Pratt Who doesn’t love a good book? Here are three of my recent reads. All have [...]
Pg 28 Visible Impact of the Invisible Spirit
AUGUST MEMORY VERSE “The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where [...]
Pg 29 War of the World(view)s
"No longer is the church providing values and meaning in the world." I have borrowed and adapted the title of [...]
Pg 32 Maintaining Our Church Home
God has blessed First Church with steady, healthy, and vibrant growth, a loving and supportive congregation, and a beautiful facility [...]
Pg 34 Monumental but Forgotten
The National Monument to the Forefathers This monument was nearly three-quarters of a century in the making, from its original [...]
Pg 35 Living Our New Life
SEPTEMBER MEMORY VERSE "But the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared. He saved us. It wasn’t because of [...]
Pg 36 The Woke March of Folly
The modern world is not just a clashing of armies, economies, political parties, and special-interest groups. It is also a [...]