If you ever want to see a group of people who need encouragement in gratitude, just go find people who are waiting.
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Muhammed Ali loved to talk. He loved to try and intimidate his opponents before they even got in the ring with him.
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Psalm 33 is a beautiful psalm that encourages us to find our joy in the LORD. It surveys God’s love in creation and his rule over history, and both begins and ends with joy.
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What’s your favorite picture of Jesus? Jesus as a shepherd, holding a lamb? Jesus as a baby at Christmas?
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It’s amazing how the same word can mean different things depending on the context. Take the word “fire” for example. It can refer to a flame that emits heat and can burn.
https://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cross-on-bible-green.jpg11551732Amanda Petersenhttps://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/eastside_lutheran_logo-300x117.jpgAmanda Petersen2022-11-30 15:30:002022-11-30 10:25:48Wait Upon the Lord–in Hope
The theme for our school year this year is “It’s all about Jesus.” Everything that we do in our school here at Eastside leads back to that truth.
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The other day I found myself sitting second in line at a red light. And as soon as the light turned from red to green, I expected the car ahead of me to get going, but it didn’t move.
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The city of Thessalonica is booming. Right in the heart of the Roman Empire, the population has swelled to well over 200,000. The Egnatian Way, the main road that connects Rome to the Eastern part of her empire, serves as Main Street.
https://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cross-on-bible-green.jpg11551732Amanda Petersenhttps://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/eastside_lutheran_logo-300x117.jpgAmanda Petersen2022-11-13 08:00:002022-11-09 14:35:41God’s Justice Will Be Served
A study was conducted in 2021 looking at American belief in life after death. [Pew Research] The most interesting part of the results was that while fewer Americans go to church regularly, belief in an afterlife is actually growing!
https://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cross-on-bible-green.jpg11551732Amanda Petersenhttps://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/eastside_lutheran_logo-300x117.jpgAmanda Petersen2022-11-06 07:58:002022-11-04 08:01:37Heaven is Better Than You Think
“The days are coming, declares the LORD…” How does that make you feel? Perhaps you’ve heard similar words in your life?
https://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cross-on-bible-green.jpg11551732Amanda Petersenhttps://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/eastside_lutheran_logo-300x117.jpgAmanda Petersen2022-10-30 08:00:002022-10-26 11:56:51The Day Has Come
A preparatory school dean of students was sitting in his office one day when an angry man came storming in. He was upset over something he’d seen in the local newspaper.