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25120 Front Ave Mattawan, Michigan 49071
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Our Name and What to Expect
    • The Team
    • Members’ Affirmation of Faith
    • ReCAST Supports…
  • Connect
    • Grow in Community
    • eCAST – ReCAST News and Announcements
    • Join a Community Group
    • Sign-Up to Serve
    • CCB Login
    • ReCAST Church Directory
    • MAP Volunteers
  • News
  • Teaching
    • Sunday Livestream
    • Sermon Audio
    • MP3 Archive
    • Don’s Blog
  • Kids
    • ReCAST Kids
    • Youth Ministry
      • 180 (Middle School: 6th-8th Grade)
      • Gravity (High School: 9th-12th Grade)
    • Parent Resources
    • ReCAST Kids Volunteers
  • Contact Us
  • Give Online
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Sep282023

Classics that Warm the Heart

Christian Living, Pastors' Blog, PersonalBy Don FilcekSeptember 28, 2023Leave a comment

I have recently dusted off the covers of a couple of Christian classics.  When I do this, I never regret it.  I am currently rereading “The Knowledge of the Holy” by A.W. Tozer and “Orthodoxy” by G.K.Chesterton.  I read “Knowledge” back when I was in college and I found it very encouraging back then.  But…

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Sep212023

A Fortress of Covenant Intimacy

Christian Living, Pastors' Blog, WorldviewBy Don FilcekSeptember 21, 2023Leave a comment

Preaching through books of the Bible lands me in some strange places.  For example, this coming Sunday I will be speaking in 1 Corinthians 7:1-5 about sexual intimacy within marriage. Not only is this passage about a subject that is rarely spoken of in church, but it also is a subject I don’t think many…

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Sep72023

Adding ‘Together’

Christian Living, Church, Pastors' Blog, PersonalBy Don FilcekSeptember 7, 2023Leave a comment

I have found myself reflecting the last couple of weeks on the five solas of the reformation.  The reason is because I attended a funeral and the church had some large banners hanging up front that declared in a flowing cursive script, “saved by grace ALONE through faith ALONE in Christ ALONE according to Scripture…

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Aug312023

On our Toes For Jesus: Going to Two Services

Christian Living, Church, Pastors' Blog, PersonalBy Don FilcekAugust 31, 2023Leave a comment

As a church planter, change has been a pretty constant part of my life.  From meeting in a basement to meeting in store front and then going to two services and then moving to the Mattawan School center building cafeteria setting up and tearing down each week to then moving to our new building to…

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Aug242023

Hiring From Within

Church, Pastors' Blog, PersonalBy Don FilcekAugust 24, 2023Leave a comment

The month of August marks 2 years of work on the part of a pastoral intern at ReCAST Church.  Ben Wainwright came to us first as an attendee, then as a member, and now for two years as a youth pastor intern. Ben recently had a meeting with the elders to discuss next steps and…

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Jun152023

Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks

Church, Pastors' Blog, PersonalBy Don FilcekJune 15, 2023Leave a comment

I am still learning.  But I am getting more set in my ways . . . Which is code for both knowing what I do and don’t like and knowing better the edge of my limitations.  I am grateful for the ability to keep reading, keep observing, keep praying, and keep hearing from God through…

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May252023

Shallow Swimming In the Deep End

Christian Living, Pastors' Blog, PersonalBy Don FilcekMay 25, 2023Leave a comment

I am preaching a series on 1 Corinthians, and just a couple of chapters in, I am being reminded of the great glory and depths available to those who have His Spirit.  And I am struck by a disparity that I have encountered over these past couple of decades of pastoral ministry.  What accounts for…

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May182023

The Power of God

Christian Living, Pastors' Blog, WorldviewBy Don FilcekMay 18, 2023Leave a comment

How would you save the world if you had limitless power?  Would you eradicate all illness?  Would you show up in intimidating power?  Would you create educational programs? Eradicate poverty? Eradicate hunger? In First Corinthians chapter 1, the apostle Paul addresses the power of God expressed in providing salvation.  And it is so radically different…

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May112023

The Little Choices

Christian Living, Pastors' Blog, Personal, WorldviewBy Don FilcekMay 11, 2023Leave a comment

If you had told me all the treasure, all the blessings, all the growth that would come to me in the summer of 1993, I would not have walked but I would’ve SPRINTED into that summer. It began with a single conversation with a friend, Jeff Howe.  We are both from Michigan but the conversation…

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May42023

Hope For Parents

Christian Living, Pastors' Blog, PersonalBy Don FilcekMay 4, 2023Leave a comment

When my kids were younger I was looking for any rope to hold onto.  Linda and I would read books about strong willed children, training children, shepherding their hearts, and any other thing that seemed to offer wisdom and action. Now that all of my children but one have moved on to adulthood, I know…

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Mar302023

The Image of God and Gender by ChatGPT

Christian Living, Pastors' Blog, WorldviewBy Don FilcekMarch 30, 2023Leave a comment

I was planning to write a blog this morning regarding the foundational  nature of the Image of God in humanity.  This is a bedrock doctrine which can be demonstrated by how frequently it has been attacked by evil and the evil one throughout the centuries.  I have not spent much time considering the way that…

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Mar232023

To a Thousand Generations

Church, Pastors' Blog, Personal, UnityBy Don FilcekMarch 23, 2023Leave a comment

  Deuteronomy 7:9 “Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations”   I once was a church planter, and now I am a pastor.  Technically, I was both from the beginning, but…

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