Pastor’s Notes (Page 23)

• Be careful of the silent expectation that the life of faith ought to be, really, a life of sight (“for we walk by faith, not by sight” – 2 Cor 5:7). The demand that everything be as certain as gravity will only insure you never take any bold action on behalf of Christ and his Bride. It places the premium on personal safety and security, not obedience and action.…

• Critics of orthodox Christianity now constantly employ a misunderstanding of the Old Testament, namely that the Bible is nothing more than a static book of ethical prescriptions, some of them monstrous, nearly all of them outdated. So, Muslim apologists will complain that Christianity is just as violent as Islam (just look at the conquest of Canaan!), and LGBT advocates…

• Please join us in remembering Bob Humphrey this Saturday at 2:00. These are the moments when we stand by each other and bear witness to the love and sustaining grace of Jesus Christ. These moments count. He makes much more of us together than we could ever make of ourselves alone… keep reading.

• Last summer I watched with interest to see how long it would take world leaders to label ISIS as evil, rather than “misguided.” Part of our challenge, as followers of Christ in the cultural moment, is the result of our knowing that the problems of the world are moral, not merely structural or procedural. The world drifts into darkness not because of ignorance but…

The third gathering of The Heart of the Titus Woman will take place on Thursday, Feb. 26th. We will meet from 6:30p-8:30p at Donna Walin’s home in Issaquah. Keeping with the focus on Titus 2, Joyce Beige will share on the topic of self-control. We’d love to have you join us. Please RSVP with Julie Hastings.

• Don’t forget we go to two services this Sunday. See the website for details. Also, here is the link to Kevin DeYoung’s “Plus-One” post. Worth reading. Until you’re invested here, CPC is just “…this church we go to in Issaquah, if we can make it….”

• A few details, then a brief note. First, if you have a copy of our little green book, What It Means to Be a Disciple, please bring it to Sunday School. We’ll have extra copies available. Thank you.

Enjoy a date night with childcare compliments of the Covenant Pres. youth. Drop your children off at the church from 5pm-8pm where they will enjoy dinner, games, stories, and play time under the watchful care of the youth (and a few adults, too). Dinner is provided. Children must be signed up ahead of time. To sign up or ask questions, contact Julie Bilbro.

• A friend texted a reminder that the Seahawks’ game begins at noon on Sunday, and could we finish worship a bit early this week? Let’s explore that idea.

• Conscious that the conversation regarding Islam is now all but inexhaustible, I want to point out what seem to me two important differences between Islam and Christianity. The first regarding Islam and the state; the second regarding Christ and Mohammed. (I won’t be quoting the Quran because I could use it only to proof-text, and would misrepresent my familiarity with…