Pastor Kory’s Page - January 2026

A New Year is a great time to start some new habits, especially when it comes to your life in Christ. On that note I want to invite you to participate in one or both of our new weekly Bible studies. Here is a little preview of both Bible studies:

Beginning on Sunday, January 18th, our new topic will be “Man and Woman in Christ.” I invite you to join us for this study in the sanctuary at 9:00 AM each Sunday. This study will run through Sunday, February 22nd. Over the course of those six Sundays, we’ll discuss both Old and New Testament Scripture passages which speak about marriage, singleness, sexuality, chastity, homosexuality, and more.

This is a very relevant topic at any time but even more so in our current culture. Going back to Genesis chapter three, we see that Satan’s first attacks on God’s creation centered on the relationship between our first parents, Adam and Eve. However, Satan sought to destroy more than just the connection between this couple. He attacked God’s creation of man and woman, made to “image” Him to one another and the surrounding creation. Satan went after the very culmination of God’s creation: the first marriage and family, and with it, all subsequent marriages and families on earth. 

You don’t need me to tell you that marriage and family life is still under attack. Satan isn’t very creative. He continues to undermine the relationships between men and women, husbands and wives, parents and children, and more. The distortions we see of God’s design for man and woman are nothing new. As far back as the time of Abraham, we hear about the city of Sodom, known for its public practice of homosexuality (Genesis 19). Today, Christians are confronted with transgenderism, pornography, and societal disdain for getting married and having children. Our new Bible study will offer a respectful setting in which we can discuss challenging issues like these.

Also, beginning on Wednesday, January 21st, our new midweek Bible study will look at each of the 27 books of the New Testament. I invite you to join us each Wednesday at 10:00 AM in the Fellowship Hall. I also make a recording of most of our Wednesday Bible studies. If you miss a week or would like to view the recording to keep up with what we’re studying, please let me know.

On January 21st, we’ll begin with an introduction to the New Testament and an overview of the Gospel of Matthew. Each week, we’ll look at the basic setting of each book, answering the “Who, What, When, and Where” questions surrounding it. We’ll also discuss the structure of each book and its major themes. Time will also be allotted for reading some key passages in the longer books, and, in the case of shorter books, reading most or all of them together in class.

If you’d like to gain a better understanding of the New Testament and how it all fits together – and shouldn’t we all want that? – then, please join us on Wednesdays this year as we walk through Matthew through Revelation!

In Christ,

                   Pastor Kory Janneke