We get our ideas about God from all kinds of places: our parents, surroundings, culture, friends, and hopefully our church. Some of these ideas might be true, some of them might be false, but when we begin to look to Jesus, he explodes our previous ideas about God and shows us the real thing. To […]
Read More »The most important knowledge we can ever have is the knowledge of who the one living and true God is. Knowing God is the beginning of wisdom; the highest privilege given to human beings made in his image and likeness. Our understanding of everything depends on our understanding of him, our beliefs about God and […]
Read More »Several years ago, near the end of his life, an interviewer asked Billy Graham what his number one regret in the ministry was. Without hesitation, he replied that his number one regret in the ministry, in fact his number one regret as a Christian, was that he didn’t feel like he read his Bible enough. […]
Read More »By God’s grace, we have had the privilege of ministering to the homeless who live downtown with a greater frequency. As we have come to know many of these men and women by name, we have been blessed as a congregation. Along with these blessings, however, concerns can develop. For example, questions like: • What […]
Read More »Beginning on Sept. 7, all our Wednesday night Bible studies, including children, youth, college, women, men, and the Pastor’s Bible study after our corporate prayer time, will begin working through a “What We Believe” series on the great truths of our faith. The first half of this series will be this fall, and the second […]
Read More »On May 22 at 4 PM, the investigative firm Guidepost Solutions released its report to the public concerning sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). Guidepost was hired by a Task Force that had been formed as a result of a motion at last year’s Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, when messengers (including from […]
Read More »Abstract In the book of Kings, Elisha is the Spirit-empowered man of God who walks with God, represents God, and shows the way to covenant faithfulness through word and deed. Elisha therefore serves as a preview of knowing God in the new covenant through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. We will see […]
Read More »Please join us for Crescendo: A Worship Concert on Sunday, May 1, at 5 PM in the Sanctuary. This is an evening of worship and music led by our college students. We will receive a special offering that will fund the Wednesday evening meals provided to the college students who participate in our Music Ministry. […]
Read More »Church Family, Our culture is aware of the neglect and mishandling of abuse in our churches and workplaces. Look at these statistics from caringwell.com: – Every 98 seconds another American is assaulted. – One out of three women and one out of four men have experienced sexual violence involving physical contact at some point in […]
Read More »Church Family, We have an incredible way to serve our community in the name of Jesus. I wanted to write to you so that you are aware of this opportunity and so that you can partner with us. We are hosting four different community fellowship block parties around our city. At each location, we have […]
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