It had to be hard to sing praises while marching against a more powerful enemy. It had to be hard to trust that God would fight the battle. It's easier to depend on ourselves, to trust in our strength, to put our faith in what we see and know. But fait
12/04/2014 by Tim Archer
It is hard to hold on to your belief when it seems God is not listening. Here is how Christians keep the faith.
11/05/2014 by Steve Ridgell
Phil Ware continues his series on the way God values a woman and how Pentecost begins a new humanity that is to work itself out in the life of Jesus' people, the church.
10/13/2014 by Phil Ware
I pray that my life may ever be focused on what I can do, not what I can stop doing. Even if the effects of age force me to limit my activities, may I ever be seeking ways to serve the Lord.
10/08/2014 by Tim Archer
Rahab is the story of a prostitute who became a spiritual hero. Her story is important for all of us to know.
08/14/2014 by Steve Ridgell
Jesus wants to remind us that performing a series of religious acts doesn't make us right with God. Our attitude matters. What the Bible calls "the heart." While men look at the outside, God looks at the heart.
07/16/2014 by Tim Archer
Tim Woodroof continues his series on "Change in the Life of the Church" and focuses this week on faithfulness and how we define it and how Jesus and Paul define it -- staying on the journey and responding to changes faithfully rather than trying to do thi
07/13/2014 by Tim Woodroof
Teresa draws a parallel between what we can learn from our dogs and what we can learn from Jesus.
06/28/2014 by Teresa Bell Kindred
Brian McCutchen talks about Connie, her cancer, and her coming to Jesus in faith and baptism and leading many of her family to join her.
06/13/2014 by Brian McCutchen
Phil Ware reminisces about his father's death and the years that have gone by and the reasons things happen and how we will know it all at the end of the Road, just like Amy Grant sings.
06/02/2014 by Phil Ware
Cathy Messecar shares a beautiful story about an adoptive mom and dad who have shown tenacious and beautiful love to a young man born with very challenging physical limitations.
05/09/2014 by Cathy Messecar
Hiroo Onoda followed orders for more than 30 years, remaining at his post long after the war had ended. Christians need to learn to be faithful to God with that same intensity.
05/07/2014 by Tim Archer
Phil Ware shares some thoughts on the soldiers who gambled over Jesus' garments as he died and then later came to faith.
04/18/2014 by Phil Ware
Teresa Bell Kindred reminds us of the importance of growing deep roots of faith by the waters of God's grace.
04/12/2014 by Teresa Bell Kindred
Cathy Messecar reminds us that a little faith in God goes a long way!
04/05/2014 by Cathy Messecar
Phil Ware challenges us to ask the 'Now, so what?' question to our own faith in Jesus and God and to make life changes based upon it.
03/17/2014 by Phil Ware
Rubel Shelly reminds us to not get knocked off our path when we encounter potholes, even big bad ones that do damage, but to keep pressing on and persevering toward the call of God.
03/02/2014 by Rubel Shelly
Tim Woodroof completes the Interim Ministry Partners, http://www.interimministrypartners.com, series on helping a church determine its mission.
02/16/2014 by Tim Woodroof
Phil Ware shares his heart about someone who is precious to him who needs to come to the Lord and has not yet done so.
01/27/2014 by Phil Ware
Ron Rose is back to challenging us to treat our spiritual life like and adventure and let God lead us by faith and not hide the monotony of our same old routines.
01/24/2014 by Ron Rose
Cathy Messecar draws us into the story of the man born blind that was healed by Jesus in John 9 and reminds us that we are here to continue Jesus' ministry of healing and mercy.
11/02/2013 by Cathy Messecar
Ann Voskamp talks about this year's wheat harvest and how it reminds her of God's grace and message of love when she was once in France and how communion is about love and love is about sacrifice.
10/25/2013 by Ann Voskamp
Jesus told his followers that it was hard for the rich to become a part of his kingdom (Matthew 19:24). The apostle Paul said that those who want to have wealth fall into a trap, and some have ruined their faith because of it. (1 Timothy 6:9-10) And James
10/09/2013 by Tim Archer
57 years earlier they stood before a minister and repeated the vows, their vows, to each other. "For better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, 'til death do us part."
09/25/2013 by Bill Brant
We put a lot of trust in people, trusting them to do what they should. We need to put our full trust in God
09/18/2013 by Tim Archer