https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Fri, 26 Apr 2024 11:51:55 +0000 Tue, 10 May 2022 13:13:50 +0000 Handel's Messiah and Divine Comfort https://network.crcna.org/topic/worship/general-worship/handels-messiah-and-divine-comfort "Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for." Isaiah 40:1,2 Lloyd Wolters https://network.crcna.org/topic/worship/general-worship/handels-messiah-and-divine-comfort Tue, 10 May 2022 13:13:50 +0000 A Bible Reading Plan: Let's Stay Close to God and His Word https://network.crcna.org/topic/spiritual-formation/faith-practices/bible-reading-plan-lets-stay-close-god-and-his-word "Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of the Lord that had been given through Moses." II Chronicles 34:14  Lloyd Wolters https://network.crcna.org/topic/spiritual-formation/faith-practices/bible-reading-plan-lets-stay-close-god-and-his-word Tue, 12 Apr 2022 14:22:48 +0000 The Virgin Mary Shows Us a Time for Praising https://network.crcna.org/topic/worship/general-worship/virgin-mary-shows-us-time-praising "At that time, Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah, where she entered Zechariah's house and greeted Elizabeth." Luke 1:39 The town Mary visited is now called Ein Karem. It is a village several miles west of Jerusalem. Lloyd Wolters https://network.crcna.org/topic/worship/general-worship/virgin-mary-shows-us-time-praising Thu, 18 Nov 2021 00:45:05 +0000 The Hands of Jesus https://network.crcna.org/topic/worship/general-worship/hands-jesus "When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them."—Luke 24:50 Lloyd Wolters https://network.crcna.org/topic/worship/general-worship/hands-jesus Mon, 18 Jan 2021 19:22:19 +0000 Christmas Giving https://network.crcna.org/topic/spiritual-formation/faith-nurture/christmas-giving "They (Macedonian churches) gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability." (II Corinthians 8:1) Lloyd Wolters https://network.crcna.org/topic/spiritual-formation/faith-nurture/christmas-giving Tue, 17 Nov 2020 14:52:28 +0000 "This Poor Widow Put in More..." https://network.crcna.org/topic/spiritual-formation/faith-practices/poor-widow-put-more "Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts, but a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins worth only a fraction of a penny. Lloyd Wolters https://network.crcna.org/topic/spiritual-formation/faith-practices/poor-widow-put-more Tue, 10 Nov 2020 14:48:24 +0000 The God Who Heals https://network.crcna.org/topic/spiritual-formation/faith-nurture/god-who-heals Many years ago, when I was a student at Calvin Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan, one of my assignments was to study Exodus 15:22-26 and draw a sermon out of it. I did study those verses and found them to be fascinating. Lloyd Wolters https://network.crcna.org/topic/spiritual-formation/faith-nurture/god-who-heals Tue, 07 Jul 2020 12:38:09 +0000