WAY BACK in 1997, Leith Anderson wrote these words: "As soon as people walk into a church, they can tell if it is oriented toward the past or the future. They don’t discover that by what they see as much as by what they hear. When I visit a church or catch conversations in my congregation, I listen to how people talk about one subject: the greatest days of the church." That is so true. If you've been around a church for any length of time, you probably have heard someone refer to the "good old days," usually in a conversation about how good things used to be compared to how bad they are today. It's not always malicious; in fact, it rarely is. Often it's the result of nostalgia mixed with memories and a desire to recapture a feeling. The "good old days" might have been when a child…
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Here is the promo video for our new series based on Romans 8 - "More Than Conquerors." We'll examine the question: What kind of life does God offer the person who follows Jesus? It is truly an alternative lifestyle compared to the one the world offers. Using Romans 8, we will explore what it means to life a God-filled, God-directed life.
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Without a sense of destiny, we will get stuck living for the mundane rather than the magnificent. Not only does God have a plan for your life, he has a purpose as well. To keep moving forward through good times and bad requires a deeper motivation than temporary circumstances can provide. Let’s take a moment and learn from the example of Apostle Paul. We’ll let him introduce himself … 1 Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you. 2 Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. 3 For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh — 4 though I myself have reasons for…
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How would you like to be known as the high school coach who "cut" Michael Jordan? That distinction goes to Pop Herring, but it's not entirely true. It makes for a great story. Kid gets cut from his high school team and goes on to become a NBA Hall-of-Famer. In fact, Herring didn't cut Michael Jordan from the team. When Jordan was a sophomore, he placed him on the junior varsity team because he wasn't tall enough and needed additional work. Unfortunately, the story became twisted and the legend stuck -- to Herring's everlasting frustration. We're drawn to the legend because it represents what each of us wants to believe: anyone can overcome failure. But we don't need a legend to know that. The message of the gospel is that each of us has failed to live up to the standards of God and Jesus died to repair our relationship…
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Here is a short video promoting our new series that starts this weekend - Unstuck.
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