Tag: Christianity
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Commentary: Living in Resurrection Sunday
By Jason SchifoPastor at Community Evangelical Free Church of Mahometjschifo.cfcmahomet@gmail.com This weekend is “Resurrection Sunday”! Resurrection is a big deal because it is more than just an event that happened in history. It’s a power we live in and out of every day. The same resurrection power that brought Jesus from death to life is… Read more
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Commentary: The world of them and us, a look at the Methodist Church decision to ban gay marriage
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Since graduating from college, I have continued my education in the biggest and most elaborate classroom that exists: Life. Much of the time, I learned in silence by listening. I’ve also had years to reflect. Doing so created an awakening that should have been obvious decades ago. Some of my relatives were… Read more
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Commentary: Making God BIG in your life
Community Evangelical Free Church of Mahomet Pastor Jason Schifo explores how to make God BIG during the Christmas season. Read more
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Commentary: Truth and Tradition in Israel
Welcome back! What a visit that we had last week to Mount Carmel, and the events of that great story between the prophet Elijah and the prophets of Ba’al. Now we are back on the bus and headed north to our hotel on the Sea of Galilee, but first, we will make one last stop… Read more
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Commentary: Headed North to Mount Carmel
Welcome back, fellow travelers! An hour or so ago we, loaded back onto the bus after a long walk along the Mediterranean Sea and the ruins of Caesarea Maritima. We are now headed 40 minutes north, to the top of Mount Carmel, the Monastery there, and the monastery’s beautiful gardens maintained by the Carmelite Order.… Read more
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Thanksgiving Message: Give Thanks Away
By Jason Schifo Pastor at Community Evangelical Free Church A woman was traveling in the mountains and found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she happened to meet another traveler who was hungry, and the woman opened her bag to share the food she had with her. The hungry traveler saw the… Read more
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Commentary: Continuing to Explore Caesarea Maritima
Welcome back, fellow travelers! So after viewing the Pilate stone from last week, we watched an amazing film regarding the construction of Caesarea Maratima, and at this point, we walked into one of the highlights of ruins of this the port city: an immense and well preserved Roman amphitheatre. What is the story behind this… Read more
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Commentary: Let’s Start At Caesarea Maritima
By Jason Schifo Pastor at Community Evangelical Free Church of Mahomet And we are off… After much anticipation and a 2-hour flight from Chicago, O’Hare to Newark, New Jersey and then an 11-hour flight to Tel Aviv, we have arrived together in Israel at Ben-Gurion Airport. The beauty of traveling via this article is that… Read more
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Commentary: “Kesher Moments”
By Jason Schifo Pastor at Community Evangelical Free Church of Mahomet Have you ever gone to the store in search of a particular thing and run into or across something unexpected along the way that wasn’t on your list? Maybe it’s just me, but that happens all the time. It seems to me that when… Read more