Articles written by Rev. Carrie H. Benton


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  • Loving Invitation

    Rev. Carrie H. Benton, Pastor, Mountain Lakes Presbyterian Church|Dec 29, 2022

    7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 God's love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him. (1 John 4:7-9) God's very nature, God's essence and being, is love. A God who is love will always choose loving relationship with us and all of creation. It is out of love that God sent Jesus into the world-fo...

  • Invitation to Joy

    Rev. Carrie H. Benton, Pastor, Mountain Lakes Presbyterian Church|Sep 29, 2022

    "Rejoice in the Lord, always. Again, I say rejoice!" (Philippians 4:4) What is the point of our existence? People often wrestle with this kind of question or something like it. The Westminster Confession, one of the official Confessions of my denomination (written in the 1640s) opens with this question: What is the chief end of man? In more contemporary language we might ask: What is the ultimate purpose, goal or hope of humanity? The answer from Westminster: to glorify God and enjoy God...

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