I hate to disappoint all of our avid readers with this, but we won’t have normal ABF next week. Rather, there will be a combined ABF in the sanctuary. Tim Depue, the associate pastoral candidate, will be teaching. The Depues will be here all next weekend. The Kossuth leadership has provided several venues for us to get to know them and ask any questions we may have for them. I strongly urge everyone to get involved in this process by praying, looking over Tim’s resume and his answers to our questions, and then attending at least one of the events planned for next weekend. The details and Tim’s information can be found on the church web site. It would behoove us to critically evaluate his answers in light of the Scripture (both his doctrine and also his fitness for the role of pastor). Some suggested reading is I Timothy 3:1-7, II Timothy 2:15, and Titus 1:5-2:2.

On a side note, the next Sunday, we’ll be discussing the end of Paul’s life, the growth of the early church, how we got to where we are today, the state of the Church, with a special emphasis on our brothers and sisters around the world who experience persecution for the sake of the Name daily (or at least face the possibility of it much more so than we do). Following will be a four week miniseries on studying the Bible, and then a nice somewhat longer stay in the book of Revelation. Soli Deo gloria!