Today is something of an anniversary for the Soltaus. For this reason I thought I should share a few personal thoughts. Fifty-eight years ago today, Roz, our not-yet two-year old daughter Sue, and I arrived in Yokohama harbor after taking seventeen days to cross the Pacific on a ...
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.”
-2 Timothy 3:16, 17
At FPC, we believe that God is the author of the Bible, and has ...
Promises for Encouragement
On a flight across the country, the pilot’s voice came over the intercom, “Turbulence is approaching, fasten your seat belts!” The famous boxer Mohammed Ali snapped to the flight attendant, “Superman don’t need no se...
Why do we worship as we do here at First Presbyterian Church? One reason is that we believe that worship is redemptive. By this, we mean that God accepts us into His presence – sinners though we are – through the blood of Christ. The Bible says that if we confess our ...
“He Is Risen!”
“He is risen indeed!” We welcome all of you today with this traditional Easter greeting. May the Lord bless you as you look in faith to the resurrected Savior of the world!
Jesus’ resurrection means that there is hope for us. It ...
Limited Atonement
Good Friday and Easter are about atonement. God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood (Rom. 3:25). Atonement means “making amends, blotting out the offense, and giving satisfaction for wrong done; thus reconciling to oneself ...
“And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. And as he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road. As he was drawing near - already on the way down the Mount of Olives - the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and ...
Today marks the beginning of Holy Week, the week in which we celebrate Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday; the week during which we give special attention to the suffering and death of our Lord. We call the day Palm Sunday and if you know about Palm Sunday with all the shouting and acclaim, ...
Tower of Babel
This morning I will be preaching through Genesis 11:1-9, the Tower of Babel story. Below I share with you a devotional by R.C. Sproul concerning the Tower of Babel. I will cover much of this in my sermon!
Though one of the first duties laid upon humanity was to ...
“…the men said to them, ‘Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day ...