Jeremy R. Geerdes Posts

Application Notes Application What does it take for you to stop witnessing and/or ministering in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ? Have you ever not told someone about Jesus because it would certainly mean your life? Because it would result in you being physically abused by a mob of angry listeners? Because you would, […]

What a great day for worship at Debra Heights Wesleyan! Here are some thoughts on the whole day. First, I want to apologize for the lack of bulletins. Last week, I had purchased a new ink cartridge. After installing it, it ran part of the bulletins, but then the copy machine displayed a message about […]

Application Notes Application When I was a kid, I was fascinated by the story of the Titanic. Not the James Cameron movie that was only recently surpassed as the highest-grossing movie of all time, but the actual Titanic. Even if you don’t know the details, chances are that you at least know the main gist […]

Is anyone else freaked out that this is the last week of February, 2010? It doesn’t seem right that we’re in 2010, much less that we’re almost two whole months in! But here we are, and here are some thoughts about yesterdays service! The morning started off on a little bit of a scary note. […]

Application Notes Application There are any number of things that I would love to comment about in Acts 25. For instance, one could write a scathing piece on political and/or religious corruption pointed at the religious and civil leaders, a commentary on anger management for the conspirators who had plotted against Paul’s life for two […]

Application Notes Application The events of Acts 24 make me want to scream. After being mauled by a mob in the temple courts; taken into custody and nearly flogged by the Romans; brought before the Sanhedrin where he was struck in the face and nearly torn to pieces in a riot; and now hauled to […]

Application Notes Application The apostle Paul had been mobbed, literally, at the temple, and it was only because the Roman contingent rescued him that he was alive. Now, it was time to figure out what all the commotion was about, and so, a day after the veritable riot, the commander of the local garrison convened […]

Application Notes Application I honestly don’t know that I could do it. Stand there and try to witness to the same mob which had just tried to beat me to death, that is. And yet, Acts 22 opens with the apostle Paul doing just exactly that. Having been taken into custody by a squad of […]

Application Notes Application Acts 21 is the story of one man’s resolve to accomplish God’s will. As the chapter opens, it is on the heels of St. Paul’s revelation to the elders of the Ephesian church that he knows bad things are going to happen when he gets to Jerusalem, and yet he proceeds on […]

What a great morning of worship at Debra Heights Wesleyan Church! It was so good to see everyone and spend some time seeking God’s face together. Here are some thoughts. First, probably the best thing of the whole morning was being able to have my entire family in church! It occurred to me today that […]