12/08/2013  The Prince of Peace:  Ephesians 2:14; John 14:27

In recorded history, 8,000 peace treaties have been signed and then broken. In our nation, political strife, civil strife, economic strife and insurance strife mark our days with no peace in sight. In our personal lives and families, we long for peace on a consistent basis, but the stress of work and relationships rob us of a state of calm and contentment. So what is the problem? Why is peace so elusive? We have strayed from the Peacemaker, Peace-giver and Peacekeeper.

EBC Mission Board Christmas Project

From now until Dec 22, our Mission Board will have a box in the church hallway to accept donations of new, warm men’s socks, gloves, and hats for Kingston House/Boston Rescue Mission. Thank you!

Bring yourself; bring your family; bring friends; bring neighbors and co-workers! Come to worship and celebrate God's precious one and only Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Join us on Christmas Eve, Dec 24, at 7 pm.

Well, this is it. When Pastor John asked me to put some thoughts together for Emmanuel’s website, I didn’t realize we would reach this point in time. I doubt if Pastor John did either. I trust that these various thoughts have pointed you to a deeper, more exacting faith in God’s Word. It is so important to understand specifically what He said in the original dictated languages. We must be ever wary of translations into our language that they do not add or subtract from the original text. It is not an easy task to capture rich Hebrew and Greek words into English. J.B.Phillips once said that his work in translation was akin to rewiring a house with the power still on.