Christianity

According to his mother, once Monte Scott sees a need, he usually just tries to fix it himself. That is exactly why he decided to shovel dirt from his backyard into a pothole on a …

In his book, A Hunger for God, author and pastor John Piper makes this beautiful statement: “If you don’t feel a strong desire for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because …

I love a story I read recently in pastor Charles Swindoll’s book, Standing Out. Swindoll tells the story that there were four friends who decided to go mountain climbing one weekend. In the middle of …

I have to share a sweet story that happened during last Sunday’s Easter service at 5:30pm. As I walked off of the stage and stood on the side of the worship center, my eyes caught …

There’s an image that has gone viral over the past several days that has caught the attention of many in the world. Maybe you’ve seen it? It’s the image of the cross amidst the charred …

I love listening to podcasts. There are several that I subscribe to. Some I try to listen to every week but others I never miss. One of those that I never miss is the Fun …

Jo Cameron, 71 years young, had always thought she had a high pain tolerance. Funny thing was, she never could recall what pain actually felt like. She had been told that childbirth was painful, yet, …

I downloaded a new app last week that I have absolutely fallen in love with. It’s called, “Be My Eyes.” I don’t work for the company, nor am I a paid endorser, but I have …

As I gave the message on “New Creation” in our Long Story Short series, there was something I wanted to share but didn’t. It just didn’t feel like it was the right time. But now? On …

“Beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.” – Luke 24:27 In the 1880s, French artist Georges Seurat introduced an art form unlike …

I loved, loved, loved the launch of our latest Harvest series, “Long Story Short,” that began last Sunday. Remember, in this series we’re moving through the Bible in six movements: Creation, the Fall, Israel, Jesus, …

Since 2006, a group of people have celebrated an important event around the New Year. It’s called “Good Riddance Day.” Participants gather and write down unpleasant, painful or embarrassing memories from the past year and …

It was from a Nazi prison cell in 1943, just weeks before Advent, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor and theologian, wrote the following to a friend: A prison cell in which one waits, hopes, does …