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APRIL 23, 2025 
 
THE SECRET OF THE POWER
 
Dear Snyder's Church Family,
 
We continue as a people of the Resurrection this Sunday morning.
Jeff will be preaching using the Scripture St. John 20: 19 - 31
and the theme is "Fear Not!"
We will sing "Precious Lord Take My Hand"; "Because He Lives";
"Are Ye Able" along with other music selected for the service assisted by our Choir and also the Choir Anthem.
Jeff will conclude the Easter Story in the children's moment that adults can listen to also.
 
Thomas Jefferson ranks as one of our nations greatest intellects but many do not know that he rejected the notion of miracles. When he approached the scriptures he could not tolerate those passages, which dealt with the supernatural. So what did he do? He wrote his own bible. In the Thomas Jefferson bible you will find only the moral teachings and historical events of Jesus's life. No virgin birth. No healing of Jairus' daughter. No walking on water. And no resurrection. Here is how his bible ends: "there laid they Jesus and rolled a great stone at the mouth of the sepulcher and departed."
 
It is very easy to rewrite history. To say "that did not happen." But the story remains that the disciples were witnesses to these events. Thomas Jefferson is in essence calling the disciples liars and that the continued throughout the first century, for 70 years, to propagate those lies. Furthermore, Jefferson's bible has been robbed of its power.
 
I am convinced that the church does not accomplish 2000 years of life inside the walls of a closed and dark sepulcher. There is no power in that dark place; rather, the Church is alive today because He is alive forevermore! Amen and Amen.
 
We love you and invite you to be part of our fellowship.
May you truly be blessed today and may you also truly be a blessing to others.
Here's hoping to see you in church this Sunday morning. 
Pastor Bill