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Mark Moser interviews Greg Raysor, Church Administrator

Mark Moser July 27, 2016

Mark Moser interviews Greg Raysor the newly hired Church Administrator. Mark Moser (MM): Greg, after years of service in the business world, why work in a church… MM: Greg, let’s start off with this. Why work in a church? Greg: I have worked in corporate business my entire career. There is a lot of competition there; people always working for the next achievement. People are working to look good to the boss. It’s a difficult place to support and encourage co-workers

Racial Reconciliation in Our Denomination (PCA)

Mark Moser July 13, 2016

Especially in light of the recent tragic shootings, it seemed worthwhile to tell you all about the PCA’s recent statement on racial reconciliation. Each year the Presbyterian Church in America, the denomination to which New Life belongs, holds a General Assembly (GA). This year’s gathering took place in June in Mobile, Alabama, and Steve Smallman and I made the journey there. Mobile is an enjoyable destination, and an appropriate choice given our denomination’s roots in the south. This was my

Thankful and Excited

Mark Moser April 27, 2016

I wanted to take this opportunity to express heartfelt thanks for the call to be pastor of this wonderful church! Lise and I are very excited. We have been a part of the New Life family since 2002, and so I hope you can imagine how great it is to be surrounded by people we already know and love. Often pastors receive a call from a group of strangers! We truly feel blessed. Thank you for being willing to embark

Good Friday Homily

Mark Moser March 28, 2016

Do you identify with Pilate at all? I wonder if some of you do. He didn’t show any malice towards Jesus. No ill will. In fact, he could say that he had some healthy respect for him, and even had a good idea that Jesus was innocent. But Pilate — and perhaps you’re like this — Pilate had goals for his career and his life. And he had fears. And because of these, he decides that Jesus had to go.

The Upper Room: Strength From On High

Mark Moser February 3, 2016

Easter is coming! This is the season in which churches all over the world spend time in the Gospels. In the recent past New Life has spent a lot of sermon time in Matthew, Mark and Luke, so it feels like the proper moment to turn to the Gospel of John! So we hope you’ll join us for this new series on a very unique section of the Fourth Gospel, the so-called Upper Room Discourse (John 13-17). This is a

Why is your life better with Jesus in it ?

Jason Peterson April 29, 2015

Last Sunday was the membership class for students in junior and senior high school. It’s one of my favorite classes to teach. In our study guide, we’re reminded that membership has a long history dating back to when Abraham was called by God. It’s much the same today. We respond by faith to God’s rescuing us through Jesus Christ by saying ‘yes’ to the church which Jesus called His Body.[1] It’s an amazing thing to see our students step up

First Thoughts from the India Trip

epixian April 8, 2015

I returned, together with the rest of the India Team, a week ago today to JFK Airport on a massive Emirates airliner from Delhi via a surreal and bleary-eyed turn through Dubai in the middle of the night. Everything was as we had left it–except the snow had melted. Thank you, New Life, for sending us and blessing us on our way, and for your prayers for us throughout. We’d like to invite you to join us on Sunday evening,

Avoid that half-dead body!

Mark Moser March 10, 2015

While preparing my recent sermon on the Good Samaritan it hit me how much context matters. Multiple contexts, I should say! There’s the conversational context in which the parable occurs, namely, the interaction between the lawyer and Jesus. Then there’s the religious-political-racial context that is necessary to understand why a good Samaritan (gasp!) was such a provocative suggestion in the mouth of a 1st century Jew. But what I didn’t have time to describe was the covenantal context, which helps

Sharing the Gospel

Jason Peterson March 4, 2015

On most Friday and Sunday nights, you’ll find me hanging out with our students here at New Life. The pattern is the same on both nights; we hang out as a big group for a while and then break out into smaller D-Groups. If you’re not familiar with D-Groups, it’s short for Discipleship Groups. Here, in these groups, we’re free to talk about what’s on our mind and in our hearts. To be honest, we don’t always go deep. Sometimes

Walking Through the Door

epixian February 25, 2015

I am always “walking into” things, not being sure what I’m going to encounter. You are too. (Imagine an automatic sliding door that opens before you as you walk toward it…but there are no windows through which you may have an advance warning of what to expect.) As a pastor, I make hospital visits, and as I go I often don’t know how bad the health report is, what the person’s state of mind will be, who else will be

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Mark Moser interviews Greg Raysor, Church Administrator

Racial Reconciliation in Our Denomination (PCA)

Thankful and Excited

Good Friday Homily

The Upper Room: Strength From On High

Why is your life better with Jesus in it ?

First Thoughts from the India Trip

Avoid that half-dead body!

Sharing the Gospel

Walking Through the Door

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