December 5, 2022
by Adrian Crum
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Category:
Christmas
This season, which Christians have called advent, is a time of longing and expectation. We put ourselves in the shoes of ancient Israel, knowing that their promised king would one day arrive. But we are patiently waiting, not for his first coming, but his last. I want to write about (1) the importance, (2) lack and (3) worth of waiting for Jesus’ second coming, as we cou...
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December 3, 2022
by Dale Van Dyke
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Category:
Current Events
Conservative Christians are increasingly being caught up in the political/cultural issues and less zealous for Biblical ones....
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November 18, 2022
by Wayne Veenstra
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Category:
Thanksgiving
| Tags: worship, thanksgiving, Service, thankful, invite
Our Thanksgiving Service this year will be Wednesday, November 23 from 7:00 – 8:15 PM. Like a normal worship service, we’ll gather to sing, pray, and hear God speak through Scripture and sermon... [plus] testimonies from members and visitors ...
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November 18, 2022
by Adrian Crum
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Category:
Evangelism
| Tags: Evangelism, gospel
Sharing the Gospel depends heavily on three priorities in a church: speaking, praying, and eating. These things can seem so common to us (perhaps with the exception of prayer) that we can underestimate the power of the Holy Spirit......
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November 4, 2022
by Dale Van Dyke
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Category:
Death
Covenant theology is just the conviction, born out of the Scripture, that God always deals with mankind according to covenants – and those covenants are made with individuals AND their descendants.
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October 28, 2022
by Greg Norfleet
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Category:
Report
| Tags: Love & Truth, counseling, Church Life
This month began with a bang as twenty-five Harvest members participated in the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation’s National Conference in Hershey, PA (19 of us in person plus 6 by live stream). The worship, teaching, and fellowship (and chocolate!) were fantastic. But let me share three examples of how the flywheel is gaining steam as we grow forward.
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October 20, 2022
by Dale Van Dyke
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Category:
Current Events
| Tags: Election
Election season is an opportunity for the world to reveal its true colors: its lust for power, its hatred of those who disagree, its rejection of reason and discussion, and its delusional conviction that their future well-being is wholly dependent on the outcome of the next election. The whole scene is the sad spectacle of a world that has lost its way because it has lost ...
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October 14, 2022
by Dale Van Dyke
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Category:
Worldview
| Tags: Work
Does your work really matter? Yes, it pays the bills and maybe provides a helpful service to clients – but is your work significant in light of eternity? Does it matter for the kingdom of God? Are there some callings that have more eternal significance than others? For instance, do pastors and missionaries have a ‘higher’ calling? Is our work more significant for et...
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October 6, 2022
by Dale Van Dyke
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Category:
Christianity
In our progressive, post-Christian culture, Christianity is one giant “No” to things our neighbors deem as essential to personal happiness and fulfillment. Promiscuity, homosexuality and transgenderism are not appealing in and of themselves. The appeal is solely rooted in the conviction that they are a “yes” to human freedom and self-determination. And, in the min...
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September 30, 2022
by Wayne Veenstra
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Category:
Discipleship
The One:Ten Team exists to develop a culture of discipleship at Harvest Church. We are defining discipleship as the process of learning Christ in faith and repentance so that we are growing like Christ in our actions, attitudes, and life’s agenda. When we say that we want to see a culture of discipleship at Harvest, we mean that we want to see the way we act and talk to ...
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