Set your clock one hour FORWARD when you go to bed Saturday night for Daylight Savings Time that way you won't be late for church this Sunday!





Hosea was the prophet of love and we are learning the richness of God's love.  How had God's people fallen and become intoxicated in "swearing, lying, killing, stealing, and committing adultery" (Hosea 4:2)?  Hosea thundered, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" (4:6). 





Stephen Prothero's book, "Religious Literacy", captured me.  He carefully documents the illiteracy of most Americans regarding Biblically knowledge.  He writes, "The United States is one of the most religious places on earth, but it is also a nation of shocking religious illiteracy.  Only 10 percent of American teenagers can name all five major world religions and 15 percent cannot name any.  Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe that the Bible holds the answers to all or most of life's basic questions, yet only half of American adults can name even one of the four gospels and most Americans cannot name the first book of the Bible.  Despite this lack of basic knowledge, politicians and pundits continue to root public policy arguments in religious rhetoric whose meanings are missed-or misinterpreted-by the vast majority of Americans."



What is the knowledge we need to live successfully for Jesus Christ?  Let me show you.  You'll will greatly benefit from Sunday's sermon - I have been so intrigued by Hosea and you will, too, this March 14 & 9:00 & 10:45 a.m.



Sunday @ 5:00 p.m., I will present the message @ the Journey.  We will get a ringside seat watching Elijah with the 400 false prophets of Baal (I Kings 18) it is a captivating story filled with application to our lives - join me!

Set your clock ahead & worship with me Sunday,

Pastor Jerry Johnston