Fall Creek Christian Church

"Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem. They will look on me whom they have pierced and mourn for him as for an only son. They will grieve bitterly for him as for a firstborn son who has died...On that day a fountain will be opened for the dynasty of David and for the people of Jerusalem, a fountain to cleanse them from all their sins and impurity." Zechariah 12, 13 After a few days of ultimate frisbee, crawling through caves, sitting by smoky fires, playing football, and battling it out during capture the flag, all while camping out under tarps in the midsummer humidity of Indiana, one is in desperate need of cleansing. There was no chance I was driving all those guys home smelling like they and I did. Before leaving, we strategically planned a stop at the state park's waterfall -- a wonderful nonstop fountain of water to deal with all manner of foul smells and odors. God, through the prophet Zechariah, re

"You hoped for rich harvests, but they were poor. And when you brought your harvest home, I blew it away. Why? Because my house lies in ruins, says the Lord of Heaven's Armies, while all of you are building your own fine houses." Haggai "Who's honking?!", I asked more than a little annoyed. I looked around and was mortified to see next to me a car in the shoulder I nearly ran off the road when I changed lanes. Its happened to all of us, hasn't it? Or, at least to enough of us - the newer cars have a flashing symbol on the side view mirror to warn us. Of what? A car in our blind spot. I do not want to know how many accidents and many people have lost their lives due to driver's blind spots. The prophet Haggai reveals to the people of Israel and to us today that blind spots are not just a reality while driving. The people who returned to Jerusalem from exile occupied their time with building nice homes, planting crops and accumulating herds. This, whil

"How happy I was to meet some of your children and find them living according to the truth, just as the Father commanded." 2 John "What?!", I asked, not fully comprehending what I was hearing. "Israel." he repeated. "Do you want to go to the Holy Land, to Israel?" After some more back and forth, I finally understood that he was offering to pay my way to go on a nearly three week long adventure to the Holy Land. I would get to walk where Jesus walked. I would get to go to the places I've only read and dreamed about my whole life. I could hardly believe this was the real deal. I was still in a state of wondering if this was really happening all the way up to the plane taxiing down the runway and then speeding up for takeoff. Truth and living in truth matters. Decades after Jesus ascended to heaven, his best friend John was still writing about him. He could see that there were people who were beginning to try to twist and change the truth about