09/21/2020

Your favorite candidate will win or lose based on how our country votes this November. However, the church will win or lose based on our behavior between now and then.

07/05/2020

We may not have chosen to go through this moment of global pandemic, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been left with choices. Years from now, when this season of our lives is nothing more than a memory, what kind of story will we tell?

05/24/2020

In our culture of instant gratification it seems like waiting is a bad word. But actually, waiting is one of the indispensable skills all followers of Jesus must develop. We know that God has made a number of incredible promises to us, but when and how He will keep His promises is often much harder to discern.

05/31/2020

Have you ever wanted something so bad you would do just about anything to get it? Or, do you know what it feels like when dreams don’t come true? It may seem counterintuitive, but peace and pain can coexist within us at the same time. Just ask Hannah.

06/07/2020

Today, we'll look at the story of Esther, and learn that our lives are just a small part of the story God is writing. The good news is that we all have an equally important part to play in His story.

04/19/2020

It is so easy, especially in a crisis like the one our world faces, to get distracted by what is going on around us and operate in fear instead by faith. But if we can keep our eyes of Jesus, then nothing is impossible.

04/26/2020

In our lives, there are times when we have questions for God. Why did He allow this? Why didn’t He do something about that? What on earth is He up to? There is nothing wrong with asking the questions. God invites those, as long as we remember that He offers Himself to us more often than He offers explanations.

05/03/2020

Life is a series of ups and downs. God is constantly preparing you for what He wants to do through you. But the unsettling truth is that God often does His best work on you in the valleys of life, not on the mountaintops.

05/10/2020

Life is full of mundane events and unremarkable days. Sometimes, though, life provides us with occasions that alter the trajectory of our lives forever. For Christians, the moment that changed everything happened 2,000 years ago when a few women discovered that the tomb of Jesus was empty.

05/17/2020

Studying prophecy helps us stay focused and effective on the mission that God has given to us while we await the return of King Jesus. When He comes back, will Jesus find you prepared and excited or asleep on the job?

02/02/2020

The concept of justice is not something we invented during the course of human history, but rather something we have discovered along the way. We care about justice because we have been created by a God who cares about it. For the Church, justice is best defined and understood by gazing at God’s heart for His world.

02/09/2020

Despite what is portrayed on TV and in the news, disagreements and debates around justice are rarely fights between the ‘good’ people and the ‘bad’ people. In reality, our divisions usually boil down to a difference between the underlying values informing competing visions of justice. The question is: What should followers of Jesus value most when it comes to justice?

05/01/2020

Good questions have the power to shape or alter the trajectory of your life. There may not be a more important question to ask than “Why am I here?” Your answer defines your purpose for existence, the reason for which you were created.

12/01/2020

Do you know where you’re going? Not where you’re going for lunch or vacation, but where your life is going. Without a vision, there is no telling where you may end up or who you may become. After all, the best way to evaluate the decisions you make today is by where they take you tomorrow.

01/19/2020

In life, it doesn’t take us long to figure out that we can’t have it all. We all have limits--time, energy, resources, relationships, and opportunity--which means you must answer an important question: What do you want to accomplish with your life? Everything else is secondary.

01/26/2020

The certainty of purpose, clarity of vision, and conviction of mission are nothing but lofty, abstract ideas unless you ground them in a strategy. The question here is: What practical steps, what systems, what daily habits do I need to employ to ensure that I don’t miss my destiny?