by Aaron Syvertsen | Apr 5, 2017 | Blog, Sovereignty of God
Let God Be God (and His Servants Faithful) “What comes in our minds when we think about God, is the most important thing about us.” – AW Tozer This weekend at Grace, we’ll wrap up our 12-week sermon series, Behind the Scenes, where we’ve dug deep into the traditional...
by Aaron Syvertsen | Mar 14, 2017 | Blog, Holiness
What happens when you find yourself in a situation where what you know conflicts with what you do? In the past five years, I’ve grown to love biographies of men and women from every time period and way of life, from presidents to civil rights leaders, to athletes,...
by Aaron Syvertsen | Feb 21, 2017 | Blog, Preaching
There’s a sobering reality that pastors come to realize at some point early on in ministry and it’s this: after a few hours of preaching your heart out on Sunday morning, the majority of people who heard it will struggle to remember your outline, and after a few days,...
by Aaron Syvertsen | Jan 31, 2017 | Blog, The Church
Commitment isn’t exactly “in” these days. Think about any time we sign up or buy anything online, and we get all suspicious when it demands we provide an email address. Why do they want my email? What am I committing to? Will they flood my inbox and then sell my...
by Aaron Syvertsen | Jan 10, 2017 | Blog, Commitment
I love how pumped up people get at the start of a year, whether or not they publicly broadcast it. It’s fascinating how the simple turn of a calendar can infuse a mentality in us that screams this is the year. Confidence runs high, motivation runs deep, and the...