December 21, 2021
by Pastor Doug Hornok
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Category:
Spiritual Life
| Tags: love, God, eternal life, Jesus, salvation, Eternal love, Christmas, Merry Christmas, priorities
Dear Friends,
I trust you are doing well and looking forward to Sunday.
I absolutely love Christmas and always have.
The kids are out of school, time off at work, a time for family and friends, a time for giving and receiving gifts and wonderful food!But that isnotthe reason.I love the fact that we can honor the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.It's a time t...
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December 14, 2021
by Pastor Doug Hornok
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Category:
Spiritual Life
| Tags: God, Jesus, mother, father, Joseph, Merry Christmas, Luke 2, Nativity, The Christmas Story
Dear Friends,
I trust you are doing well and looking forward to Sunday.
In my opinion, the unsung hero of the Christmas story is Joseph.Little is known about him, he never speaks in the recorded narrative, but he was clearly a godly, forgiving, compassionate man.The following story, told by Lynn Clayton, longtime editor of the Baptist message to another pastor, bears t...
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December 27, 2020
by Pastor Doug Hornok
| Tags: love, God, Jesus, Christmas, Happy New Year, hope, Merry Christmas, 2020, Covid-19, Longfellow
Dear Members and Friends,
Merry Christmas! I trust you are doing well and looking forward to the Lord's Day
One hundred and fiftysix years ago, on Christmas Day, 1864, Henry Wordsworth Longfellow sat in his home overwhelmed with sorrow. Our nation was being torn apart by the Civil War between the Northern states and those of the South.Robert E. Lee would not surren...
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December 19, 2020
by Pastor Doug Hornok
| Tags: love, God, Jesus, gifts, Christmas, Santa Claus, Mary, Joseph, Merry Christmas, Noel, Nazareth, Star
Dear Members and Friends,
I trust you are doing well and looking forward to ourservice this coming Lord's Day!
We are just one week away from Christmas. Connie and I will be spending Christmas in Grand Junction for a few days with our son Dustin and Maria and their family. David and Cecile will be coming up from Tulsa with the 3 girls so it will be wonderful Chri...
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December 5, 2020
by Pastor Doug Hornok
| Tags: love, God, Jesus, family, gifts, Santa Claus, angels, Merry Christmas, Covid-19, Lord and Savior, Mistletoe, Christmas Tree
Dear Members and Friends,
I trust you are doing well and looking forward to ourservice this coming Lord's Day!
We are just a few weeks away from Christmas. Connie has secured the gifts we plan to give our grand-kids. But after reading the following, I realize the best gift we can give is not found under the tree and it's one that needs to be given all year lo...
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December 15, 2019
by Pastor Doug Hornok
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Category:
Next Sunday's Message
| Tags: God, Jesus, Christmas, Simeon, Luke 2, Merry Christmas
Successful events of history are seldom a solo act: There are always key and supporting people behind the event. The birth of Jesus is no exception. Joseph and Mary clearly get top billing for the birth of Jesus, but behind the scene are numerous people: One such person is Simeon.
We don't know much about his personal life but what we do know is significant. Simeon was...
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