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Open your Bibles to 1 Peter 1:1-2...Here we go!

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  Stephanie is at it again...Another 2 ladies down the Ute Trail from the Alpine Visitor's Center and up the trail a bit toward Mt. Ida before coming down to Milner Pass.  About 6 miles on a very windy day across the alpine tundra.  No wildlife today because they were probably smartly hiding amongst the trees.  I am amazed at Stephanie's commitment to love God and love others even above 11,000 ft. While they did this hike, I was down at Milner Pass with the pick up vehicle so I wandered down a trail not on the map.  I made my way to the top of Sheep Rock and found the Old Ute Trail.  I have walked by it many times but it was hidden from me because I was looking the other direction.  The trail makes a turn to the left and this little hidden trail is to the right. Maybe this is a good illustration of looking at the book of 1st Peter.  The stones to the left of the above picture are where you go to continue onto Mt. Ida.  Your focus is in that d...
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The Up and Down Life of Faithful Abraham...A new beginning on Sunday too

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Another scriptural journal to possess.  We finished the Gospel of Matthew starting in March of 2024 and extended it to 106 sermons.  We covered it chapter by chapter and verse by verse and word by word.  Now we open our 1st Peter scriptural journals to do the same.  I have been through 1st and 2nd Peter a couple of times.  Once in Machais, Maine at the Machias Valley Baptist Church and another time in Wautoma, Wisconsin at the Waushara Community Church.  I will be looking forward to looking again at the last words of this disciple of Jesus. This Sunday was an " in between " sermon on the life of Abraham.  He is spoken of very highly in the New Testament as a man of faith and he is but the story to get there is fascinating.  The Bible gives us all the details in Genesis and Joshua 24:2 tells us that he started out as a worshipper of other gods.  The journey to a faith that was displayed by strict obedience takes many chapters in the book of Ge...
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A great 2 1/2 year study of the Gospel of Matthew comes to a close...Matthew 28:16-20

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  It is not just I who goes hiking but Stephanie too.  While she was hiking across the alpine tundra with these beautiful ladies from the church, I was with another fellow from the church about 1500 ft below them in the valley.  I took my binoculars and actually caught a sight of them probably 2 miles as the crow flies.  I could pick out Stephanie's bright shirt.  She has another ladies' hike set for a week from Friday with another group. Here was our baptism set up for baptism 2.0 on Sunday afternoon. Always good to have some singing when we gather. A young man named Ezra who is a seasonal worker who has called SCC his church home while in Grand Lake.   A man named Jeff who came to SCC through the weekly men's Bible group.  His testimony back to God is tremendous. We completed Matthew's gospel with looking at the Great Commission with fresh eyes.  It was ironic or providential that we baptized a couple disciples of Jesus that afternoon after...
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