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rmquanstrom

3 days ago
5 min

Palm Sunday Order of Worship

Psalm 118 O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever! Let Israel say, "His steadfast love endures forever." Open to me the...

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rmquanstrom

Mar 29
6 min

Order of Worship 03-29-2020

Invocation Psalm 31: 1-5, 19-24 1 In you, O Lord, I seek refuge; do not let me ever be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me. 2 Incline your ear to ...

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rmquanstrom

Mar 15
6 min

Order of Worship 3-15

There is an outside chance that the internet breaks today. Thousands of churches are streaming for the first time today. In case that happens, here is the or...

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rmquanstrom

Sep 24, 2019
2 min

The Church

While I was preaching on Colossians, I could not help but think of ecclesiology. (Ecclesiology is the study of the church.) In that letter Paul says that Chr...

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Pastor Ryan Quanstrom

Jul 22, 2019
1 min

The Pantocrator

This August our focus will be in the book of Colossians. This is a great letter of encouragement written by Paul to the church in Colossae. It is a celebrat...

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Pastor Ryan Quanstrom

May 29, 2019
2 min

The Ascension

Tomorrow, May 30th is the day that the church celebrates Jesus' ascension. Matthew Bates argues "Although all the elements of the gospel remain irreducibly ...

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Pastor Ryan Quanstrom

May 22, 2019
1 min

GROW

A few weeks ago I was speaking with a young woman about her spiritual life. She mentioned that she had not been to church in a while. She is athletic, she ha...

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Pastor Ryan Quanstrom

May 15, 2019
2 min

Praise the Lord

The Psalm for this Sunday encourages all creation to praise God. "Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights above. Praise him, all his an...

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Pastor Ryan Quanstrom

May 8, 2019
3 min

Is it really Mundane?

Below is an essay I wrote for www.aplainaccount.com this week. Luke’s accounts of the Acts of the apostles tells the story of the early church. While the bo...

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Pastor Ryan Quanstrom

May 1, 2019
2 min

Feed my Sheep

In John 21, Jesus asks Peter "Do you love me" three different times. Part of the reason for this is because it provides a parallel to the 3 times that Peter ...

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Pastor Ryan Quanstrom

Apr 10, 2019
2 min

The Feet.

The Daily Office epistle reading for today was from Romans 10. It says: How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they beli...

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Pastor Ryan Quanstrom

Mar 27, 2019
2 min

The Burning Bush

On March 25, the older Christian traditions, (as well as some evangelicals who have rediscovered our Christian history), celebrated the Annunciation. This Ch...

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Pastor Ryan Quanstrom

Mar 20, 2019
2 min

Temptation

“He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.” 1 Cor. 10:13. Perhaps no verse in all of the New Testament has caused more consternation. If the ...

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Pastor Ryan Quanstrom

Mar 13, 2019
2 min

"Imitate Me"

“Imitate me” Paul writes this as he admonishes the Christians in Philippi to press on toward the goal for the prize. He writes these words because he knows t...

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Pastor Ryan Quanstrom

Mar 6, 2019
2 min

Fasting

"He was famished," Luke 4:2. From time to time we will say, “I’m starving” as an expression for how great our hunger is. Typically this happens after we have...

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Pastor Ryan Quanstrom

Feb 27, 2019
2 min

The Transfiguration

This coming Sunday is transfiguration Sunday, a day we celebrate Jesus' transfiguration. The "transfiguration" is an incredibly churchy word. I remember the ...

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Pastor Ryan Quanstrom

Feb 20, 2019
2 min

Enemy Love

Luke 6:27 "But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. A cere...

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Pastor Ryan Quanstrom

Feb 6, 2019
3 min

Fishers of Men

“I will make you Fishers of men, fishers of men if you follow me.” I sang that song hundreds of times growing up in the church. It puts to song Luke 5:1-11 w...

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Pastor Ryan Quanstrom

Jan 30, 2019
2 min

Joseph's Son

The gospel reading for this Sunday comes from Luke 4:21-30. In this passage Jesus has just read from Isaiah in his home synagogue. He has read to his friends...

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Pastor Ryan Quanstrom

Jan 24, 2019
2 min

As was his custom

“When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. “ Luke 4:16 We will be reading this ...

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