Patrick Odum talks about how we are all called to be ministers and challenges us to imagine church lived that way.
05/05/2009 by Patrick D. Odum
Phil Ware thinks through the implications of Jesus' death for us.
04/07/2009 by Phil Ware
Rubel Shelly uses an acronym and a website to remind us that it is going to be okay.
03/17/2009 by Rubel Shelly
Tammy Marcelain writes about believing, trust, and God using our struggles, weaknesses, and trials to make us people of faith.
03/07/2009 by Tammy Marcelain
Bill Denton reminds us that we are not only saved from something but for something, and we need to display that salvation through repentance and life that is changed into what God made us to be.
02/28/2009 by Bill Denton
Phil Ware challenges us to leave behind intention and move out into the world of action as we seek care for our broken world and overcome the criticism that we are uncaring hypocrites who are not willing to help.
02/23/2009 by Phil Ware
Phil Ware uses the climactic moment in the movie "Saving Private Ryan" where he is told to "earn it" to emphasize the difference between grace and obligation.
02/09/2009 by Phil Ware
Tom Norvell looks at our humanity and sees behind it all our need for Jesus.
01/25/2009 by Tom Norvell
Ron Rose puts the purpose of God and Scripture in the context of Jesus and what God wants to do with us, bless us, and teach us to love and forgive.
01/20/2009 by Ron Rose
Phil Ware talks about the significance of shepherds being found at the manger of Jesus.
12/22/2008 by Phil Ware
Perhaps because of the familiarity of the depiction of the birth of the Savior we fail to focus on just what an impact it had on the lives of all mankind.
12/17/2008 by Kay Talley
Rubel Shelly reminds us that we are not perfect yet, and admitting our failures and imperfections is not an excuse, but an opportunity to meet God and have his grace help us grow.
11/13/2008 by Rubel Shelly
God is good. We are not. He sent his Son so we could be good.
10/22/2008 by Steve Ridgell
Rob Woodfin ponders the imponderable and seeks answers to our greatest question, how do I not let anxiety control me, and reminds us of God's grace.
10/04/2008 by Rob Woodfin
Danny Sims reminds us that grace is all over the Old Testament.
08/22/2008 by Danny Sims
God sent his Son to die for our sins. We cannot be good enough to save ourselves. We cannot be bad enough that God's grace cannot save us.
08/20/2008 by Steve Ridgell
Bill Denton reminds us that the Gospel of Jesus isn't centered in a list of do's and don't's but in a Savior, Jesus Christ, who was crucified and raised to bring us God's grace.
07/13/2008 by Bill Denton
No matter how badly we have messed up our lives, God still loves us and will forgive us.
06/04/2008 by Steve Ridgell
Ron Rose talks about Napoleon Dynamite and his skills and reminds us that we don't have enough skills, but God does!
05/09/2008 by Ron Rose
Some people see Christianity like a rewards program, where you earn the right to go to heaven by doing enough good things. That's not what the Bible says.
05/07/2008 by Tim Archer
Phil Ware reminds himself that he didn't have any right to expect the grace of God to be shared with him since he wasn't a child of Abraham by race and was included only because of God's mercy.
05/05/2008 by Phil Ware
Phil Ware looks back on an old reel-to-reel recording and editing session and reflects how he could sure use that same kind of thing in his life!
04/28/2008 by Phil Ware
"Only in his home town, among his relatives and in his own house is a prophet without honor." Mark 6:4
03/26/2008 by Skye Noe
Tom Norvell Reminds us of the movie Amazing Grace and how William Pitt and Wilberforce did the impossible and overturned the slave trade in Great Britain and he calls on us to dream big dreams and do the impossible.
03/14/2008 by Tom Norvell
“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets” (Mathew 7:12). This phrase of Jesus spoken during the Sermon on the Mount is referred to as the Golden Rule. I am curious how the world would
03/05/2008 by Skye Noe