We chase after riches, but what happens when those riches — and our lives — come to an end?
We instinctively read our circumstances as a verdict on where we stand with God—ease means favor, famine means failure. In Genesis 26, Isaac is stranded in exactly that famine, holding a promise that the land and its people seem to be disproving, and God’s answer to him isn’t immediate relief but something harder to trust.
Pastor Tim reflects on 9/11’s anniversary and then Greg helps us think about the final question in the New City Catechism (“What Hope Does Everlasting Life Hold for Us?”).
James calls us to look for the real wisdom of God rather than the “wisdom” we normally chase after.
God told Rebekah before her sons were born that the older would serve the younger—yet in Genesis 25, Isaac loves Esau most. Nothing looks like it’s heading where God said it would. When the path to God’s promises feels unnecessarily tangled, can we still believe he’s working?
Pastor Tim helps us think about the next question in the New City Catechism (“Of What Advantage to Us is Christ’s Ascension?”).
Faithtoberfest returns to a crisp autumn night outside of FaithTree’s home, the Upper Room. On October 18 at 6:30 pm we will have a special, in-person and live streamed festival of incredible music from gifted artists all around our area, entertaining skits and terrific gift card prizes! Come in person if you can, because we will have delicious food as part of the festivities, but either way, please RSVP for this year’s event and relive last year’s fantastic festivities, below.
How do we understand the difficulties we face in life? James says we can find joy in them — how can that be?
Waiting is hard—praying for years with silence the only reply, watching others move while you stand still, wondering if God has forgotten or if you took a wrong turn. That was Isaac in Genesis 25: married at forty, still childless nearly twenty years later, the promise hanging unfinished. What do we do in the long stretch when nothing seems to move?
Pastor Tim helps us think about the next question in the New City Catechism (“What does Christ’s resurrection mean for us?”).