Rubel Shelly reminds us that the Bible is far from safe and is dangerous to read because it challenges us and changes us and brings us to Jesus to be transformed.
06/19/2015 by Rubel Shelly
While the lessons are numerous when studying the life of Caleb, the single ever present aspect is his commitment to following God whether on a secret mission, unsuccessfully arguing to take the land, waiting 40 years or finally defeating the enemy.
06/17/2015 by Bill Brant
Phil Ware continues his series of messages based on the sea passages of the Bible, called Saved at Sea, this post is called Something Beautiful, Someone Good.
06/15/2015 by Phil Ware
Saving belief in Jesus is much more than believing a set of facts. Real belief is to follow Jesus.
05/20/2015 by Steve Ridgell
Tammy Ruggles is a legally blind artist, photographer, and writer who paints by faith and not by sight and uses her gifts to bless and inspire.
05/08/2015 by Tammy Ruggles
You may be rich or powerful or beautiful or famous or extremely talented. But when you come to God, you take all that off. You humble yourself and say to him, “Have mercy on me, a sinner.”
05/06/2015 by Tim Archer
Phil Ware finishes up his series on Nehemiah and emphasizes the importance of leaders being people of integrity.
05/04/2015 by Phil Ware
Stacy Voss writes about her pain and a friend's pain at finding out that their husbands have been unfaithful and had repeated adulteries.
04/24/2015 by Stacy Voss
Rubel Shelly writes about the current epidemic of racism that has shown up in recent days and has been confronted with the Black Lives Matter campaign.
04/18/2015 by Rubel Shelly
Even when Jesus was here, people discussed who he really was. They still do. You have to decide who he is. What you decide will make all the difference.
04/15/2015 by Steve Ridgell
He moved about the room like a tornado comprised of stickers, kittens, lollipops and pure joy.
04/14/2015 by Ben Steed
Ann Voskamp reminds us again of the incredible importance of giving thanks.
04/10/2015 by Ann Voskamp
Phil Ware shares more of his recent trip to Fortaleza, Brazil with Compassion International and the Nerd Herd to visit Compassion sites, projects, children, and churches.
04/07/2015 by Phil Ware
An article about the work of one church with the help of Compassion International in Fortaleza Brazil.
03/31/2015 by Ben Steed
There are really good reasons why Christians need to go to church. We just do not often explain them.
03/25/2015 by Steve Ridgell
Phil Ware continues his series of posts and articles called Fifty Shades of Grace and focuses on the gift of pleasure, delight, joy, fulfillment, and blessing in sexual intimacy for the Christian married couple.
03/16/2015 by Phil Ware
Teresa Bell Kindred compares seeing Fifty Shades of Grey to a dirty mop bucket and a sponge.
03/14/2015 by Teresa Bell Kindred
Phil Ware continues his series called 50 shades of grace that focuses on the intimacy between a husband and wife in marriage.
03/09/2015 by Phil Ware
Stacy Voss reminds us that we can let our bitterness and un-forgiveness poison us and steal our lives from us.
02/28/2015 by Stacy Voss
Phil Ware begins a seven week series of posts called Fifty Shades of Grace and will focus on Scripture and the Bible and God and the holy plan for fulfillment and sexuality in Scripture.
02/23/2015 by Phil Ware
Patrick Odum writes about 50 Shades of Grey and reminds us to think carefully about our participation and expectation of the movie and our sexuality.
02/21/2015 by Patrick D. Odum
Phil Ware comes in right after Valentine's Day and reminds us about iceberg dates on our calendar that tend to sink us and overwhelm us with feelings of being alone, being failures, and being abandoned but that we can overcome them by crying out to Jesus
02/16/2015 by Phil Ware
Phil Ware continues a short series on the Holy Spirit focusing on John 14 and what it means for Jesus to not leave us as orphans, but to come to us and show himself to us and be in us and make his home with us.
02/09/2015 by Phil Ware
Rubel Shelly challenges us as the church to awaken to the call of Jesus and arise from our lethargy as an institution to reclaim our mission and purpose as Jesus' presence in the world.
02/08/2015 by Rubel Shelly
Phil Ware talks about reaching the 1,000 sponsored child mark with Heartlight.org and verseoftheday.com and what a great mark this is to break.
02/06/2015 by Phil Ware