We finished up The Ave downtown last night, bringing a close to our series on Ecclesiastes. I was speaking from Ecclesiastes 11:7-12:8, but mainly on chapter 12, verse 1: Remember your Creator in the days of your youth. Reflecting on the life of Brad Larson and the testimonies I heard from family and friends at …
Brad Larson
Dear friends, This morning I received the terrible news that one of our own, Brad Larson, was killed in a car accident during the night. Brad was a Senior at Taylor University and grew up at Elmbrook Church. A semi crossed over the median and struck the passenger van in which Brad and others were …
Hot Topic: Tolerance and the Public Square
As we bring our Hot Topics series to a close at The Ave, I'm offering up some final resources on the topic for this week: Tolerance and the Public Square. While much could be said here, I'm going to offer some key resources that I think would be helpful for folks to explore. Tolerance On …
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Hot Topic: Homosexuality
Wow, we had a great discussion at The Ave tonight, continuing our 'Hot Topics' series with a focus on homosexuality.If you weren't there, you should definitely listen to our two-part mp3 with Dave Seemuth and Colleen Sonderman while looking at the downloadable PDF of Dave's part of the message. Dave offered a very concise look …
Creation and the Heavens
As I continue to ponder the thoughts on the universe and our creator shared by Gery Essenmacher at The Ave last night, I came across these words by John Calvin, that great theologian of the Protestant Reformation.In the midst of astronomers making great strides in understanding the universe in his era that, at times, seemed …
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