June 15, 2025

  • June 12, 2025
  • BY Sydney Bylsma
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This Sunday we are going to look at one of the most influential sermons ever given. The apostle Peter, freshly anointed with the power of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, preached the Good News of Jesus on the streets of Jerusalem. Luke tells us that 3,000 souls responded to the message. Talk … [Read More...] June 15, 2025

June 8, 2025

  • June 3, 2025
  • BY Sydney Bylsma
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In Acts 2, the Holy Spirit comes during the Feast of Pentecost with wind, fire, and power to send the church out on mission to the ends of the earth. This is a decisive moment in God’s redemptive plan—one we’re tracing throughout the book of Acts and in which we ourselves are participants today. Jesus … [Read More...] June 8, 2025

June 1, 2025

  • May 30, 2025
  • BY Sydney Bylsma
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This Sunday launches one of my favorite weeks of the year. It’s Missions Week at The Moody Church! We gather to celebrate God’s work among the nations for His glory as He draws people from every tribe, tongue, and people into His multiethnic family. Jesus will receive worship from all peoples everywhere!   We have … [Read More…] June 1, 2025

May 25, 2025

  • May 23, 2025
  • BY Sydney Bylsma
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I don’t know about you, but waiting is one of the most frustrating things to me. I don’t like waiting in traffic, the grocery store checkout line, or for the next episode of my favorite show to drop. Waiting is hard. I’m not very good at it.   But waiting is inevitable, of course. It’s … [Read More…] May 25, 2025

May 18, 2025

  • May 15, 2025
  • BY Sydney Bylsma
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Today, we begin our series in the Book of Acts, which is the second volume of Luke’s dual histories. In the first volume, Luke gave us the history of what Jesus began to do in His person. Now, in the second volume, Luke is going to show us what Jesus continues to do through His … [Read More…] May 18, 2025

May 11, 2025

  • May 9, 2025
  • BY Sydney Bylsma
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I’ve just boarded the flight back from Tirana through Frankfurt and then on to Chicago. Pastor Bill Van Tuinen, Krista, and I have had a tremendously encouraging visit with our ministry partners here. I’m leaving with four key takeaways.   First, we are grateful to have solid partners in our global Gospel ministries. As you … [Read More…] May 11, 2025

May 4, 2025

  • May 2, 2025
  • BY Sydney Bylsma
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Greetings from Albania! Pastor Bill Van Tuinen, Krista, and I are having a wonderful time visiting the various ministries we support here in Tirana and Korçë. The regime of communism lies in the not too distant past, having fallen in 1991. The evangelical church is therefore a young one, having just over 35 years of … [Read More…] May 4, 2025

April 27, 2025

  • April 25, 2025
  • BY Sydney Bylsma
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Would you keep us in your prayers this coming week? On Monday, Krista and I will be headed to Albania with Pastor Bill Van Tuinen. I’ll be the plenary speaker at the Albanian Forum, a local chapter of the European Leadership Forum which is one of our church’s Key Global Initiative partners. I’ll be encouraging … [Read More…] April 27, 2025

April 20, 2025

  • April 18, 2025
  • BY Sydney Bylsma
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It’s Resurrection Sunday! This is the day we get our lives back. Two thousand years ago, the crucified Jesus walked out of the grave, and the world has never been the same. Jesus has a death-defying life, and He wields His resurrection power on behalf of His people. The resurrection changes everything!   That first Easter … [Read More…] April 20, 2025

April 13, 2025

  • April 11, 2025
  • BY Sydney Bylsma
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One of my favorite Holy Week hymns is “Man of Sorrows” by Philip Bliss. He had been working as a music teacher, but had given himself to evangelistic work on the advice of his friend D. L. Moody. He wrote this hymn in 1875, shortly after that career change. Just a few months later, Bliss … [Read More…] April 13, 2025

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