Christmas isn’t a Hallmark card, it’s an alarm bell to the world that things are not as they should be while at the same moment extremely good news because God has b...
read moreToo often we experience disappointment with God because he doesn’t play by our rules. We want him to do things for us the way we want them done, but he keeps insisting he&...
read moreHow can we have peace when we seem so determined to destroy ourselves. What hope do we have when we have turned our backs on God? We need someone to rescue us in spite of oursel...
read moreGod has given every one of us abilities which he desires us to use as he provides us with opportunities. This is how his kingdom grows. The temptation however is to play it safe...
read moreWe feel that tug that whispers, turn to Jesus, and we say, yes, but not yet. We wait. We wait because we just aren’t sure. Maybe not sure about Jesus, maybe not sure about...
read moreThe temptation is always to solidify. To protect. To establish. But it’s not ours, it never was. We must let go of what we have to be the people of God and to allow that l...
read moreJesus has called us to be generous with each other, positively confronting each other’s sins so no one gets lost. It was also a call for us to exercise forgiveness with ea...
read moreIn our kingdom it’s better to have more than less, but in the Kingdom of God one can have a greater importance than the many. In the Upside Down Kingdom one is the most im...
read moreWhat would it look like for us to live this story of Jesus in our lives? It would be like a prelude to heaven. Life isn’t about fulfilling arbitrary rules, it’s abou...
read moreWe put ourselves in the hands of a power we thought would free us but only enslaved us and we don’t have the ability to set ourselves free. To do this we cut ourselves off...
read moreIn the course of this series we have affirmed that we are people created by God in his love for us and we have said that we live in God’s intentionally good creation that ...
read moreOnce we know who we are, we need to know where we are and how we answer that question determines a lot about how we live. The world we live in is neither junk nor divine, but go...
read moreWho Are We? It’s an essential question that everyone asks because we have a sense that we need a purpose — we need value. Christianity has an answer to this fundamen...
read moreAll of us who are Christians are responsible for sharing our faith with the people around us, but many of us feel unequipped to do that. This series looks at the essentials of o...
read moreIn our day the term spirituality is considered a good thing — no matter what type. However, this is a classic area where people get addicted to sinful patterns. Christiani...
read moreDebt isn’t the only problem we have with money, it’s just a symptom of the larger problem that we are addicted to money. When we are addicted we use our money in way...
read moreOur culture has become obsessed with sex with the overarching message that if you’re not having regular, exciting, and fulfilling sex then you’re missing out and the...
read moreFor many of us when we hear the word ‘hell’ we conjure up images of deep cavernous pits full of fire, brimstone, suffering souls and devils. On the other hand when we hear the w...
read moreWhat should the Christian’s prayer life look like? Paul answers, pray constantly. The Christian life is a life of prayer — so how do we go about this?
read moreJust like an athlete must train all the time in order to be ready when their competition comes, so we must practice the habit of prayer if we are going to connect with God throu...
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