Grace United Family Church

God is the ultimate Person in the universe. God is the almighty, faithful one. God has an infinite, perfect, heart of love and affection for his people. One might think we are talking about Christ's love for His church. All this is true. However, these things are true of how God treats His people in Old Testament as well. Come with the Grace Unted crew as we merely scratch the surface of all that...

Paul's letter the the Ephesians is absolutely magnifcent! The Lord gave him amazing insight into the redemption heart of God. And revealed to the apostle the mystery that was hidden for ages: Christ broke down the dividing wall the separated Jew (God's people) from Gentile and made both Jews and Gentiles one in Christ. What was that dividing wall and how did Christ break it? Christ also abolished...

The only job the Lord Jesus gave his church is to make disciples. That is New Testament teaching. But even in the Old Testament the Lord through Moses wanted the same thing of his people. The Lord's desire is that his disciples begin right where they are to make disciples--starting at home. In a word, discipleship that is homegrown. Come with the Grace United crew as we look at God's divine strate...

A powerful song was recorded and sung a number of years ago by Steve Green and contains these word: "God and God alone is fit to take the universe's throne. Let everything that lives reserve its truest praise for God and God alone." The Grace United crew deals with this very thing in Deuteronomy 6.1-9. Moses reminds the people, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart . . ." Start 202...

How majestic is the King of the universe? And just who is the King of Glory? What is the Lord after in giving his rules, commandments and statutes to HIS people? What about the rest of the world? Did God give his rules, commandments and statutes to them? Speaking of commandments, and the Lord's insistence they obey them, what about the Lord Jesus? Did Jesus insist people obey the commandments, or...

God's gift of Messiah--goes on. In the lives of His people in salvation and through His people as we give the gospel and make disciples of all nations. The mandate of the Lord Jesus gave us--to go to the world and spread his truth--has never changed. But why should His followers do this? Why have they done this, down through the ages, in spite of the most difficult of hardships, pain, loss and eve...

What comes to mind when we think of Christmas in 21st century America? Santa. The manger. Baby Jesus. Mary. Joseph. The wise men. Angels. Shepherds. Etc. But we know that the Christmas story was not "made in America." The setting was about 2,000 years ago in Israel. Roman occupied territory. Israel was looking for "Christmas": God's gift to set them free from Roman oppression. A Messiah. What does...

God is the only faithful Person in the universe. He is The promise maker. He is The promise keeper. If he makes a promise, we can take it to the bank. And the greatest promise he has ever made to us, sinful humans is eternal salvation. Come with the Grace United crew as we marvel, awestruck at the majesty and glory of our Great Promise maker and Promise Keeper, who has given us the promise of eter...

We live in a pluralistic society. Obviously. Why then do we as a culture set aside weeks, if not months preparing for a distinctively Christian holiday, celebrating the birth of the Jewish Messiah? Do we even need Christmas? Come with the Grace United crew as we talk about and seek an answer to the question: "Who needs Christmas?"

Thanksgiving. It is a time . . . for turkey! . . . for NFL Tripleheaders! . . . for family and friends! . . . or is there more to it? The history of Thanksgiving in our country, in its journey to eventually establish our tradition, is really an amazing one. Of course, where would a proper Thanksgiving be without giving thanks to the Lord? At Grace United we addressed the Lord with heartfelt prayer...

The Ten Words: simply laws handed down from a dictatorial deity? Or are they much more? Can these words from the Lord really be a way, indeed the way, of freedom? If so, how can we implement the Lord's ways? Where do we start? The simple, but profound answer: it starts in the heart--and this is what the 10th Word, the Tenth Commandment is all about. Come with the Grace United crew as we discover w...

October 31 is . . . Reformation Day! But how many observe it? What we as Americans observe is, and what we have been preparing for, which seems like weeks, is . . . Halloween. Did you know that "Halloween" has Christian roots? How so? And how far back does it go? And why is there so much focus on death on October 31? What is it all about? Come with the Grace United crew as we discover the bad, the...

The meme is "Law bad, Grace good." We tend to think that the Lord's primary purpose for giving us the Law is to show us that we need a Savior. While it is true that the Law is like a mirror, pointing out our sin, it is far and away more precious and valuable than a mere set of rules. Rather, Commandments 6-9 highlight the inherent dignity the Lord has given to his people. How so? Come with the Gra...

Three great words to live by: rest, remember, honor. These words are part and parcel of the 4th and 5th words God gave Moses that he might teach Israel how to really live. But "this is Old Testament! Can anything good come from studying THAT?" Come with the Grace United crew as we experience the 4th and 5th words of the Decalogue, a.k.a: the 10 Commandments.

We call them the Ten Commandments. But in reality they are the "Ten Words." What do these words, these commandments have to do with Christians living in 21st Century America? For this is the heart of the Law of God. The long standing understanding by many followers of Jesus is "Law bad; grace good." But the fingerprints of the grace of God are all over these words. In this installment of "The Ten...

The Ten Commandments. Beautful words. "Really?" This is the Law of God, though! Aren't we to see the Ten Commandments as, "Law bad, grace good?" Wasn't the Law given to us to show us that we can't keep it? That we need grace to get us to heaven? In this ongoing series of the "Gospel According to Moses," Moses will show that the Ten Commandments serve a far different purpose. What is that purpose?...

To God be the glory, great things He has done! What has He done in your life? With all the chaos in our world, it may seem that the Lord is absent. But that cannot be farther from the truth. Evil has run in cycles, and this is yet another one. In our onging series of "The Gospel According to Moses," Moses recounts the glorious things the Lord has done in the life of Israel, in spite of their sin a...

Predictive prophecy. This for many translates to what will happen to Christians at the end of the world as we know it. The rapture, Great Tribulation, Christ's return and millennial reign. The Great White Throne judgment. Then eternity begins! But what if predictive prophecy translated into . . . God's people committing idolatry? God through Moses predicted Israel was going to commit idolatry. Wha...

Being "privileged" is a really bad word in our culture. The notion is used as a bludgeon by members of one culture upon another. This is yet another weapon the enemy of the ONE human race has in his arsonal to divide us--and tragically he is doing a good job. But the people of God actually HAVE a privilege status. It is recounted in one of Moses' last messages he gave to the sons and daughters of...

Oh, the freedom of open doors. And oh, the inconvenience of locked gates--unless one happens to be in Afghanistan. The sons and daughters of Israel experienced tremendous open doors. However, Moses, their leader suffered the absolute tragedy of a locked gate. God told him that he was not to enter the land of promise. What was the reason for the locked gate? And how does that apply to our lives tod...

Warfare is a tragic, evil thing. It's been with us almost as long as we've been around. Where did the idea come from? And what about a guy named Og? Who was he? And the Rephaim--what about them? Nephilim, anyone? These things are talked about in "The Sihog Campaign." Come with the Grace United crew as we explore them.

Are real giants talked about in the Bible? If so, who are they? Or is this to be considered a no kidding mythical tale? What does this sort of thing have to do with God, with God's people, even with Christians in teh 21st century? Join the Grace United crew as we dive in to the "Gospel According to Moses" exploring a "giant" issue.

There are not many guarantees in this life, but here is one of them: God WILL discipline his people. But it is never without a purpose. The writer to the Hebrews tells us that the Father disciplines his children that they might share his holiness. This is truth, whether one is a Christian or a member of the nation of Israel, God's chosen people. In Deuteronomy 1.19-46, we might call God's interact...

Grace United Family Church celebrates 9 years of the Lord's goodness and blessing to this small congregation! What has He been up to with us over these years? Come with the Grace United crew as we walk down memory lane, and at the same time being challenged to go forward by His grace to fulfill the mission He has given us.