Jeremy R. Geerdes Posts

What a great Sunday! True, we had some hiccups (e.g., yet another glitch with the slideshow), but overall, I thought the entire day went exceptionally well. Here are some highlights from my book. Adoration led the worship service with a great set. They were stupendous! And more importantly, slideshow glitches aside, I was drawn into […]

Application Notes Application I find Acts 17 both challenging and extremely encouraging. On the one hand, we see how Paul adapted his presentation of the same gospel message to be culturally relevant for each of three different audiences in Thessalonica, Berea, and Athens. And on the other, we see that even though he did adapt […]

As a boy, I was hooked on the intriguing articles of Popular Science and the cool toys and concepts displayed among its pages. While in college, though, I didn’t have time to read it nearly as much, and when we came to Des Moines, we quite simply didn’t have the resources to spare for the […]

I had a great time in worship yesterday. From where I was sitting, it seemed as though the Spirit was at work from the beginning of the service to the very end. Let me tell you why. First of all, I thought that Pastor Sharon did a great job with the announcements. Many people probably […]

Application Notes Application Acts 16 records the first leg of Paul’s second missionary journey. After parting from Barnabas and taking his leave from Antioch, Paul and company headed by land to Derbe and Lystra, on their way to revisit the churches they had established during his first expedition. While on the way, three things happened […]

Saul’s reign had finally come to an end. With the Israelites’ defeat at Mt. Gilboa, the king and his heir Jonathan had been killed in battle, and in the wake of their deaths, the nation was divided. The tribe of Judah followed David, the popular general who, despite his lack of favor with the king, […]

I just love being in our worship services. The spirit of unity and worship, I feel, is better in our services than just about anywhere else I’ve ever been. God has truly blessed us! Yesterday’s service was wonderful, despite a number of hiccups for which I will take personal responsibility. Those included a mix-up with […]

1 Samuel 25 marks the end of an era for Israel. Samuel was dead, and the future of the nation was suddenly entirely in the hands of the king. The only problem with that was that the king, Saul, was somewhat less than mentally stable, and his God-appointed successor, David, was in hiding. As the […]

Application Notes Application When I was in college, one of our professors told the story of a town in which there were two virtually identical churches less than a block apart. In fact, both structures had the same basic design. Both properties sported the same basic sign. And in fact, both congregations belonged to the […]

Application Notes Application Acts 14 picks up Paul and Barnabas’ first missionary journey in Iconium and tells of the extraordinary events that happened in the latter half of their trip. Before, they had seen some light resistance to the gospel, the worst of which had sent them on their way from Pisidian Antioch to Iconium, […]