Posts by Rev. Tab Ottmers

Posts by Rev. Tab Ottmers

“I Have Not Yet Ascended To The Father.”

“I Have Not Yet Ascended To The Father.”John 20:11-18 “But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know…

There Are No Ordinary People

In May, our High School aged youth went to a combined youth event with the youth of Lord of Life Plano. They hosted us for an evening of “9 Square in The Air” (if you’ve never played this game, it is a combination of volleyball and 4 square – it’s a lot of fun!) and we watched a movie about the conversion of C.S. Lewis. Clive Staples Lewis is known for his defending the…

The Mind That Demands Silent Gods

I have often wondered why in the Old Testament there were so many silent gods. (g)ods made of stone, wood and various other materials were obviously a very regular occurrence in their societies and I often wondered why they were so popular. In fact, created gods are present in every society. I often wondered what the draw or desire is to have gods that cannot speak. I…

Slow Down and Fast

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] During Lent the question of fasting always comes to the forefront, and it should. We are gluttons by our fallen nature and Lent causes us to stop and repent of our sin of gluttony. There is nothing…