Pastor Rich Sivo Nov 20 4 min Still Reasons for Giving Thanks! As we approach what will likely be our strangest Thanksgiving, I would like to make an argument for being thankful. When we look at all t...
Pastor Rich Sivo Nov 13 5 min Confronting Hypocrisy! Last week we began looking at the passage in Galatians where Paul confronts Peter for his hypocrisy. That hypocrisy centered around Peter...
Pastor Rich Sivo Nov 6 4 min The Great Divide As I blog this week (Thursday afternoon) the presidential election is still hanging in the balance. With a near completely divided electo...
Pastor Rich Sivo Oct 23 4 min Peter's Enlightenment! Last week in our blog we began to look at the response of the religious leadership in Jerusalem to Peter’s decision to go to Caesarea and...
Pastor Rich Sivo Oct 16 5 min Keep Chopping Away! When I was pastoring in central Michigan, I was very involved with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Through my involvement with FCA,...
Pastor Rich Sivo Oct 9 3 min An Upright Stand! Two weeks ago, in our blog, we were considering the Holy Spirit being poured out on Gentile believers of the Lord Jesus Christ. We saw in...
Pastor Rich Sivo Oct 2 3 min A Precious Gift I thought I would take a week off from our study of God’s work in changing Peter’s heart and changing the history of the church, so I can...
Pastor Rich Sivo Sep 25 4 min Completing God's Plan! The meeting of Cornelius and Peter was really part of God’s plan to broaden the perspective of those to whom Peter was to bring the gospe...
Pastor Rich Sivo Sep 18 4 min Unchartered Territory! We have been looking at God’s transforming power to change Peter’s heart and prejudice against Gentiles in the last few blogs. We have se...
Pastor Rich Sivo Sep 11 4 min Overcoming Natural Prejudice! Last week in our blog we were with Peter in Joppa when he had a vision concerning a sheet with lots of unclean food on it. Peter refused ...
Pastor Rich Sivo Sep 4 5 min A Significant Change Over the last two blogs, we have looked at Philip, who led by the Holy Spirit carried the gospel of Jesus Christ first into the area of S...
Pastor Rich Sivo Aug 28 4 min Color Blind We were talking last week in our blog about the fact that God is a God of color. In the human race, the nature of God is reflected in the...
Pastor Rich Sivo Aug 21 3 min The God of Color The Lord God of the universe is a great God of color and design. This is very obvious when we admire a beautiful sunrise or sunset (see p...
Pastor Rich Sivo Aug 7 5 min The Great Divide! Last week we were talking about being good citizens and I also referenced the fact that the church of Jesus Christ in the first century h...
Pastor Rich Sivo Jul 24 5 min Where is Your Citizenship Last evening, I was watching Ken Burns's documentary, “The National Parks – America’s Best Idea”. Any documentary by Ken Burns is very th...
Pastor Rich Sivo Jul 17 4 min A Lapse in Judgement This past Sunday I attended our outdoor service at NDC. Originally, I was not at all planning on attending the service as we had planned ...
