I was saved when I was fifteen years old. It was the first week of August, the summer before my sophomore year in high school, and I was at a youth camp with our church. The best way I can describe what happened is that God in his grace showed himself to me. Listening to […]
Read More »In John 3 we read about a conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus. Nicodemus is troubled, concerned, and dissatisfied with his life. He’s wondering about the foundation he’s built his life upon and if there is something he just might be missing. Nicodemus has built his life on a certain way of thinking about God and […]
Read More »As we begin a new year, it’s an appropriate time to consider where we are in our relationship with God. Two important practices that help us stay close to God are regular times of prayer and reading Scripture. I want to recommend a recent book that combines both of those practices and might help you […]
Read More »This past Sunday we held our Christmas musical, Jesus Our King. On Christmas Eve we will have two special services. First will be our Family Christmas Eve Service at 4:00PM, where our children will play Christmas songs, participate in a spontaneous nativity, and help communicate the true meaning of Christmas. This will be followed by […]
Read More »A few years ago, the day after another awful and tragic mass shooting, the New York Daily News put several comments of high-ranking political figures on the front page of their paper, stating that they were praying for the victims, or that their thoughts and prayers were with the victims. Pretty standard responses as these […]
Read More »We need hope. We all have a sense deep down that things aren’t as they should be. Not everything is right and good. We typically learn this early on when we’re kids. Someone takes your toy, pushes you, calls you a name, or punishes you for something you didn’t do, and we cry out, “That’s […]
Read More »All of us know the difference between fake love and true love. In fake love, our aim is to use the person we say we love to fulfill our own happiness. Our love is conditional. We give it as long as the other person is affirming us and meeting our needs. Fake love is non-vulnerable. […]
Read More »We are constantly tempted to think of life with God in terms of a deal instead of in terms of relationship. “God, if I’m a good person, if I do good things and treat people well and show up to church most weeks, if I keep my end of the bargain, then you owe me. […]
Read More »From one perspective, believing in the gospel is one of the easiest things you could ever do. This is because the gospel is something that God does for us, not something we do for ourselves. God loves broken, sinful people like us so much that he sent his only Son to die for us so […]
Read More »As a church, we are supposed to be living proof that the gospel is true. We’re not supposed to just be a group of people who gather together whenever we feel like it to sing some songs and hear some preaching. We’re not supposed to just be people who dip our toes in one area […]
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