For many Christians reading the Bible is as common place as drinking a cup of coffee or brushing your teeth. It is a lifeline of hope to...

This year our theme for the youth group is “Set Apart.” We are using I Peter 2:9 for our theme verse, which says “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” God calls us to be different than the rest of the world. We are called to talk differently, act differently, have different relationships, and be set apart from the world. How

Parental alienation is a term used to describe a process where one parent tries to cause a child to reject, fear, or avoid contact with...

Life can easily pull us away from the consistent nourishment of God's Word. Between work, family, and the constant distractions of the...



Next Sunday, we are going to start an exciting new opportunity! We talk a lot about giving and how we can never out give God. This is something that we need to teach our children. We should be teaching them how important it is to give back to God especially since we are so richly blessed here in the United States. So many of our brethren throughout the world are not as fortunate as we are. That is why I am excited to announce that starting next Sunday, we are going to begin K

Every day of our lives we are faced with choices to make. We choose when to get out of bed, what to eat for breakfast, and what we are going to wear that day. Life is full of choices but sometimes we make poor choices. In Genesis chapter 13, Abram and Lot are facing a dilemma. There is not enough room for all of their livestock, so they choose to separate. Abram gives Lot the first choice of where to go. Lot can choose anywhere around them to move to and Abram will go in the

The world is thinking about Jesus this week. So indulge me by hearing some of my thoughts on the night Jesus was born. The details reveal...

The holidays. A time for twinkling lights, rosy cheeks, festive cheer, neatly wrapped presents, fresh baked cookies, and many other...

Some days are hard. Some days are so full of stress and anxiety and fear and heartache that you long to get away. What if you could?...

The general epistles are seven letters in the New Testament that were written to a general audience of Christians, rather than to...

A BOOK REVIEW OF BEYOND TECHNIQUE IN SOLUTION-FOCUSED THERAPY: WORKING WITH EMOTIONS AND THE THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP BY EVE LIPCHIK (by Misty Reynolds) If you have interest in learning more about the concept and process of providing solution focused therapy to clients, it is my pleasure to recommend Beyond Technique in Solution Focused Therapy: Working with Emotions and the Therapeutic Relationship by Eve Lipchik. This book is filled not only with instruction regarding the c

The Epistle to the Hebrews is a profound exploration of the superiority of Jesus Christ over all other religious figures and systems. The...

As Paul’s arrests and subsequent confinements take center stage in the "pastoral epistles." So does his evangelistic heart. Toward the...

Today our kids studied the story of the tower of Babel. It’s a familiar story, but one that we probably don’t think about very often. In it, the people decide to build a great city and in the middle of that city they begin to build a tower to Heaven. They say to themselves in verse four of chapter 11 “Come let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose tope is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole Earth.” Th

The alarm blared, a shrill siren cutting through the Friday morning fog. Sophia fumbled for the snooze button, mumbling under her breath....

The cell was a concrete box, a stark reminder of the world he'd left behind. John sat on his bunk, his gaze fixed on the peeling paint on...

For the month of November out Christian Soldiers group has been studying Noah. The story of Noah is a familiar one to most of us but there are so many lessons that we can learn from it. It is a story of Faith, Action, Obedience, Grace, and Love. This morning, they focused on how Noah put his faith into action. Noah didn’t just have faith that God would save him from the flood and then sit on his hands he acted on that faith and started to build the ark. This is such a great l

The old oak tree stood sentinel over the quiet town square, its gnarled branches reaching towards the sky like weathered hands. Beneath...

One day in the late Spring they came to his cell in the Mamertine Prison in Rome and opened the door. His executioners led him out of the...