What motivates a soldier to fight a battle? It seems that often the greatest warriors are driven by a desire to oppose evil. They are not fighting for themselves (since they know they may not survive), but for someone else and against a tyrant. There has certainly been a long list of tyrants throughout history … Read more
Oftentimes as Christians, we may get to some perceived spot or level where we feel that it may be good enough and we begin to settle in our faith walk. But, the truth is, the possibilities are endless of where we can go when Christ is leading the way and flowing through our hearts.
Let’s just let the cat right out of the bag. Forgiveness is hard. We all struggle in various ways with this subject and extending forgiveness. We have excuses for why we don’t feel we have to forgive certain people. And we’re not alone in these feelings…even Jesus disciples shared in them. This particular parable about … Read more
Can you imagine your best friend suddenly decides to sell everything they own to purchase stock in one company. It’s an up and coming company, the future looks bright and they’re convinced this is a great investment. “It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity,” they say. So, they cash out all bank accounts and they … Read more
Last week Pastor Nick shared with us about the parable of the wheat and the tares from Matthew 13. Explaining that those in the kingdom and those who seek to imitate and discredit it, can be indistinguishable for a time, but that God will sort it all out in the end. I don’t know about … Read more
We began our outside services this past Sunday with a new sermon series entitled “Kingdom Parables.” Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 has Jesus teaching on the parable of the wheat and the tares. For most of the growing season, genuine wheat and false wheat(tares) look alike. But they are inherently different. Tares produce a small black seed … Read more
Being the salt of the earth, the light of the world, and a city on a hill is not something you can turn off and on. We are not meant to hide our light. Shining brightly means that we love and show grace, even as we speak and live truth. Living this way should not … Read more
The issue of Christ’s return to judge the world is something very serious, it requires a sincere mind. It is a central concept all throughout scripture. The Old Testaments Prophets spoke about it, Christ himself spoke about it, and the Apostles continued to speak about it. Christ is going to return to judge the whole … Read more
In our day and age, truth seems to just be a suggestion. We are being told from many different sources that truth is now all relative to our experiences or our personal desires. False information and sinful teaching seems to permeate from everywhere in our culture whether that be from schools and businesses, to media and … Read more
In the midst of a world gone mad, there is quite simply nothing I can think of that is more important than truth. There is no greater foundation that we can have on which to live our lives. Yet many of us constantly seek after truth without opening our Bibles. Peter is a strong advocate … Read more