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  • How Do I Find a Good Church Home?

    How Do I Find a Good Church Home?

    Submit your questions on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or using the contact form on this blog. There are several reasons you may be looking for a local church home. Maybe you’ve moved to a new location. Maybe you’ve just come to know Jesus (Welcome to the family) and need to get plugged into the family of…

  • Haralding the King, What Evangelism Accomplishes

    Haralding the King, What Evangelism Accomplishes

    What is evangelism and why do we practice it? If God draws people to Himself and if He is the one delivering people and sustaining them, it doesn’t make much sense that we would need to practice evangelism in order to win people for the kingdom. Yet, that is often the phraseology we use, and…

  • Experiencing Joy

    Experiencing Joy

    Over the last two weeks, as we have walked through John’s Gospel together, Scripture has spoken some deep conviction into our lives. First, it has challenged us to genuinely make the instructions of Scripture a light for our path and to be absolutely hungry for the words that God has given to guide us in…

  • How We Contend

    How We Contend

    Last time we were together, Jude challenged us to contend for the genuine faith because there are some who teach falsely. We learned that there is false teaching that permeates our society and many of our churches. We learned some of the things that we must contend against: The false idea that life is about…

  • Dear Hurting Family

    Dear Hurting Family

    This year, more children are growing up between homes and with a single parent than ever before. If you are a single parent or a child or teenager and your family has been torn apart for whatever reason, please know that I weep for you in your current circumstances and that you will receive nothing…

  • Church or Only a Religious Meeting?

    Church or Only a Religious Meeting?

    There was a local church that was having a very special, special event. It was advertised well and the church spent money to create what they thought was a good event that people would enjoy and that would keep people coming back. Before the event two people, who will be named Ben and Jerry for…

  • The Refiner’s Fire

    The Refiner’s Fire

    In July 2015, I weighed 245 pounds. I remember looking in the mirror and hating it because I had not always weighed that much. My belly stuck out and I cringed every time I saw a picture of myself. I decided that it was time for a change and I decided it was time to…

  • A Vision for Us

    A Vision for Us

    There are many ways to live life. At least this is what we are taught. We begin life as newborns with our entire lives ahead of us. As we grow into children, we are taught that all of life is about obedience, primarily obedience to our parents. A successful life means honoring them well. Into…

  • Will Christ-followers be judged by their works?

    Will Christ-followers be judged by their works?

    “Can you go into greater detail about the ‘Bema Seat’ or judgment throne and explain the judgment of Christians?” To answer this question, I want to quote 2 Corinthians 5. Many people will refer only to verse 10, but I always want to get more context than one verse so that we can glean the…

  • Can we engage secular culture?

    No matter who you are and what age group you are in. Social media is a phenomenon that has impacted your life. From the early days of email correspondence and AIM to networks like Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat that have become so popular; social media is something that is a major part of the world…