Hope Christian School Namusaala

What does hope look like? This summer, eight people from Trinity and Orange City shared with our brothers and sisters in Uganda in the Hope of Jesus Christ.  They worked on a school we helped fund, they shared the gospel with the people in the community, and they built relationships with other Christians in the [...]

Who’s around the throne?

At the church I pastor, Trinity Reformed in Orange City, Iowa, we asked that question last Sunday. The Apostle John tells us in Revelation 7:9 that he looked and saw “a multitude that no one could number from every nation, for all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the lamb” [...]

The Greatest Obstacle to the Gospel

“Sometimes I am the greatest obstacle to people coming to the Gospel.” That’s what missionary Abraham Kist-Okazaki shared in his message to our church, Trinity Reformed, today.  He was preaching this verse: And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What prevents [...]

For Such a Time as This

What would happen if college graduates in their 20s and 30s lived as followers of Jesus in the Arabian Gulf? There are 25 million residents in six Gulf countries, over half are under 25.  Education and services are expanding to meet the tide of this rising boom of youth. Our family spent most of Memorial [...]

One cool ministry – in a really cold place

Introducing Arctic Barnabas Ministries. Check out the link above for a video introduction to Arctic Barnabas Ministries. Our church supports the Dillingham family as they seek to bless an encourage pastors and missionaries across Alaska.

The Question that Blew My Mind

“When did Jesus die?” Your face probably looks about like mine did when the young man asked me on Easter Sunday that question.  “When did Jesus die?”  I said, “Christ is risen.”  “Yeah, yeah,” he said.  “I get the resurrection.  I understand Easter.  Jesus rose from the dead on Easter.  But when did he die?  [...]