What are the effects of living as a Carnal Christian? Living a life of carnality as a Christian might seem appealing at first—doing whatever you want and still thinking you’re headed to Heaven. But in reality, it’s a slippery slope that can lead to denying Jesus Christ and going to Hell (yeah, not so appealing […]
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No Mere Man – Part 1: The Carnal Christian
Imagine you’re at a party with your friends and a bunch of other people that somehow know your friends.All seems to be going well. The music is blasting, the energy is high, and everyone is having a great time. But amidst the excitement, you notice something strange going on. People are doing all sorts of […]
How To Choose A New Church
So you’re a new Christian and you’re wondering where you go from here. Or maybe you’ve been a Christian for a while, but you sense the Lord is telling you to changes churches. Or, as unfortunate that it is, something has happened and you need to find a new church home. How do you do […]
Are You Just A Friend Of God?
Have you questioned what you believe lately? It’s a good thing to do, you know. When we question what we believe, we usually end up in one of two places – 1.) we find we weren’t believing the true and in turn, find the truth, or 2.), our faith is strengthened in what we believe. […]
Flipping the Script: Finding Freedom from False Success
Have you ever achieved something you thought would bring you happiness and fulfillment, only to realize that success alone wasn’t enough? You’re not alone. The whole world deals with it. In fact, the whole world – the culture – has this idea of what success is, but the idea and the reality are not the […]
The Benefits Of Reading And Studying The Bible You May Not Know
You may be wondering what role the Bible should play in your life. You know, besides being God’s Word straight to the human race about how much He loves us and provided for us through His Word and what He has done through Jesus Christ. With so many other things competing for your attention, from […]
Who Should You Be?
If you haven’t noticed, culture and the world is constantly telling our youth who they should be. Then they tell them how they should be this thing that they say they should be. You should be a boy. You should be a girl. You should be both. You should be neither. You should decide. You […]
The Proper Place Of Relationships
Relationships. In the church world, we like to focus a whole lot on relationships. We have things like relational evangelism. We have connect groups and link teams where we try to connect people with similar interest, or of the same age and have them do things to grow their relationships together to make a stronger, […]
What To Do When The Grinch Doesn’t Steal Christmas And You Still Don’t Get What You Want!
Christmas morning is almost here and little feet will be running down stairs, running from their rooms, wiping sleep from their eyes, waking up early with anticipation to run to that brightly lit Christmas tree and find stashed under that tree – disappointment. But no, the grinch didn’t come and steal all their presents. The […]
Did You Miss It In A Charlie Brown Christmas?
It’s Christmas time again, which means, among other things, celebrating those family traditions. One that we always had in my house growing up was watching A Charlie Brown Christmas. There was something about the dopey Charlie Brown that you just have to feel sorry for….and enjoy watching. It wasn’t until I grew up that I […]