Many Christians have never learned to push through the initial sluggishness they feel and lay hold of Christ on a daily basis. ...
Community Groups are the place where we try to cultivate authentic Christian community with one another. That involves pursuing close relationships, meaningful conversations, and deep-rooted commitment....
If we want to be free, we have to embrace the right limitations. ...
The more you become captivated by God’s beauty, supremacy, and love, the more joy you’ll experience as you live for his glory....
When the Bible about the new creation in Revelation 21:1-8, it’s a lot different than the way we typically think about heaven....
So often, the "Jesus" we worship isn't the Jesus of the Bible but rather "Jesus" as we've re-created him to be....
I’ve understood that fasting is an important part of the Christian life. However, I’ve always wondered why. ...
We don't acquire the characteristics of a mature disciple simply by gaining Bible knowledge. In order to grow to Christian maturity, we also have to spend time with people who are spiritually mature themselves, observing their life and having formative conversations with them on a regular basis....
Christian maturity is a lot more than Bible knowledge. It's about growing to resemble Jesus in five areas....
Here are some guidelines for confessing an offense from Ken Sande's bookThe Peacemaker. 1 - Address everyone involved. If you've done something that's affected more than one person, then everyone who's been affected needs to hear your confession. That means if your sin is habitual gossip, you probably need to apologize before the whole church. Or whatever the sin is, a go...
Keep ReadingOne question people often ask us is whether our church can baptize them. Whenever people inquire about this, it always excites us! What a joy it is to hear of a person's desire to profess faith in Jesus and follow his teachings by being baptized! At the same time, we desire to honor God and serve people well by approaching baptism in a responsible way. One of the ways we ...
Keep ReadingOne significant question that churches face today is what kinds of songs they should sing when they are gathered together for worship. There are a wide range of opinions about this topic, and many of these opinions have just as much to do with personal preferences as they do with biblical convictions. For our church, the most important consideration is whether the lyrics...
Keep ReadingGod calls every Christian to live like a missionary right where they are....
Keep ReadingThe revelation to the believer that God is his Father is in a sense the climax of the Bible, just as it was a final step in the revelatory process which the Bible records....
Keep ReadingHow can people know the gospel’s true? How can people know that Jesus really came from God and died for our sins and rose again from the dead? It’s by the way that gospel message changes us as followers of Jesus....
Keep ReadingIn John 16:33, Jesus states, “I have overcome the world.” Victory has been won…right? In one sense, yes, but in another sense, not quite yet....
Keep ReadingIn John 15:13, Jesus states, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” In other words, the greatest love is the love that gives the most. The more you’re willing to give for somebody, the more you love them. Loving involves giving...
Keep ReadingMany Christians have never learned to push through the initial sluggishness they feel and lay hold of Christ on a daily basis. ...
Keep Reading1 John 4:11 is a verse that’s incredibly simple to comprehend, but don’t let its simplicity fool you. It has the potential to fundamentally change your relationships. It says, “Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.”...
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