Jeremy R. Geerdes Posts

What a great day of worship at DHWC! So many things to say, so much going on, but it all boils down to this: God was present in our service today. My morning started today at about 6:00 am when I went to the office to finish and print the bulletins. Of course, this involved […]

Application Notes Application As Mark 10 begins, we catch up with Jesus as he heads south toward Judea. Suddenly, we are confronted with the reality that, in the flurry of the last several chapters, we’ve almost completely lost track of time, and more than 30 months have past since Jesus’ public ministry began. Now, as […]

So a couple weeks ago, I replaced the batteries in Bekah’s Leapster 2 and discovered that, all of a sudden, the screen would not register touches at all. After a cursory inspection, there were no obvious hardware issues with the device. The screen appeared intact, and it power cycled normally, even responding to the various […]

Application Notes Application There are days when it’s tough to pastor a small church. In Bible college, we hear all sorts of accounts from people who arrived in their small churches and saw immediate and explosive growth. Once we get into the field, we get all these resources that talk about tremendous effectiveness only to […]

Application Notes Application A number of transitions happen in Mark 8. Up to now, Jesus has been pretty popular. His miracles had amazed everyone, but in vss 11-13, Jesus signals that he will no longer jump through hoops and perform miracles on command. He had been supernaturally patient with the disciples and their inability to […]

What a day at Debra Heights Wesleyan Church! A special thanks, of course, goes out to everyone who helped with the breakfast. Whether you brought food, helped set up or clean up, thank you! Thank you also to our greeter team for doing a wonderful job and to Taylor A for helping out in the […]

Application Notes Application We’ve all seen them. We all know who they are. We may even know their names, if only so that we can be sure to cast them a condescending sneer every now and again. They’re the ones that look different, act different, smell different, are different. They’re the ones that we go […]

Application Notes Application The feverish pace of action continues in Mark 6 as Jesus returns to his hometown to be rejected by the people there, dispatches his apostles on their first preaching tour, recounts the death of John the Baptist, feeds 5,000 with five loaves and two fish, walks on water, and heals the masses […]

Application Notes Application When I was a freshman in high school, I helped a student-led Bible study at our school that would eventually evolve into a local chapter of Fellowship of Christian Athletes. For two years after it began, the group often consisted of a total of two or three people, including the two of […]

Another great Sunday at Debra Heights Wesleyan is in the books, and there are so many things to talk about that I hardly know where to start! So I guess we’ll tackle things in the order that they happened. I walked into the church for the second time of the day a couple of minutes […]