“The Great Commission was clearly and definitively not a call to sit back and stay silent in a world of sin, evil, and suffering. From the very beginning, Christ designed for His disciples to run toward need–not away from it–to engage culture, not to ignore it. Yet, the church may be one of the only… Read More »
Catch of a Lifetime
“Many people go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Embellished fish tales have around since the beginning of time; who doesn’t enjoy a good fish story. Sometimes the illustrations and pictures weigh more than the actual fish. As the story ages, the… Read More »
The Heart of Bethlehem
“Bethlehem was God with us, Calvary was God for us, and Pentecost is God in us.” ~ Robert Baer The Christmas story is mysterious, magical, miraculous, and apocalyptic. God came to earth as a fetus, born from above and with the same free will we possess, and yet Jesus never strayed from God’s plan for… Read More »
Proclaiming the Kingdom of God
“Give me one hundred men and women who love only God with all their heart and hate only sin with all their heart, and we will shake the gates of hell and bring in the kingdom of God in one generation.” ~ John Wesley When you hear the phrase “The Kingdom of God,” what do… Read More »
We Were Reborn
“Many Christians have the mistaken notion that eternal life begins when they die. But that is not biblically accurate. Eternal life begins when we are born again into the Kingdom of God.” ~ David Jeremiah What if someone asks you “what does it mean to be born again,” how would you respond? There are many… Read More »
God + You = Love Story
“People say all the time ‘I don’t have a good testimony’ because they think their story has to involve some dramatic story of change from ‘bad’ to ‘good.’ But Jesus didn’t come to save people this way. Sin doesn’t make us bad it makes us dead. Jesus came to save by bringing the dead to… Read More »
In God We Trust
“Greed is not a financial issue. It’s a heart issue.” ~ Andy Stanley “IN GOD WE TRUST” first appeared on the two-cent piece in 1864[1] and has appeared on paper currency since 1957. The question of every person claiming to love God should be this, do I trust God with my money? Open your tax return,… Read More »
Spiritual Solidarity
“Not everyone is your brother or sister in the faith, but everyone is your neighbor, and you must love your neighbor.”~ Tim Keller What is the purpose of faith? What is the purpose of the church? What is the goal of a 501C3? If your answer is to help “others,” you would be correct. Faith… Read More »
The Spirituality of Mr. Clean
“It may be difficult, but there will be times we need to pick up our brooms and do some spiritual house cleaning. It is through this process that we find our true relationships, our true heart, our core integrity, and our life’s purpose.” ~ Molly Friedenfeld, The Book of Simple Human Truths Spring is around the… Read More »
Spiritual Inheritance
“This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.” ~ Patrick Henry Fate chooses our parents. When we are born, we inherit our parent’s genes. We may have inherited healthy genes or not so healthy genes. Unfortunately, we don’t… Read More »