Pastors / Leadership

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  How Do We Forgive Like Jesus? Jesus calls for a radical expression of forgiveness. The way we forgive is not based on the degree of wrong or the amount that we are owed. Forgiveness towards others is based on the forgiveness we have...
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  4 Signs God Is Speaking to You The key to hearing God is anticipating him to speak and listening when he does. Here are 4 signs God is speaking to you! Janet Thompson Jun 14, 2022
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  Where Sin and Suffering Are Nearby, So Is God The weary wanderings of the ancient people of God bring me almost as much comfort as the promises of God themselves. Why? Because if there is hope for real sinners and sufferers like them, then there is also... Scott Sauls Jun 14, 2022
• Is Doubt a Helpful Part of Faith? Yes, doubt is a beneficial part of faith. Here’s why. Doubt takes away the notion that you can ask God anything through faith, and you will receive it how you want it and when you want it. This isn’t true. Liz Lampkin Jun 13, 2022
• Pause and Restart: 6 Tips to Start Going to Church Again It’s good to go to church, to set aside a sabbath and worship the Lord, to gather with other believers so the Holy Spirit can move through the body of Christ and ignite the world through us. The early church...
• Why It's Crucial to Get Men More Involved in the Post-COVID Church When a church taps into its men, those men can be a powerful and motivating force for effecting positive change in the community. When a church doesn’t tap its men, those men get frustrated and complacent. Chris Bolinger Jun 10, 2022
• 5 Ways We Unknowingly Misuse Our Religious Freedom We don’t do it on purpose. I know I don’t. But it still happens.We live in a country that has – since its inception – protected our freedom of religion, expression, assembly, and the right to petition. While... Cindi McMenamin Jun 09, 2022
• 10 Things Those in the Flesh Resent “For the mind set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not subject itself to the things of God, for it is not even able to do so” (Romans 8:7).It’s not just that believers and... Joe McKeever Jun 09, 2022
• What Can We Learn from Christian Martyrs? Love, forgiveness, obedience, faith, and an eternal mindset are all topics that martyrs can teach us through their lives and deaths. Martyrs are not “super” Christians. Rather, they are believers who...
• Should I Attend a Gay Wedding? I've loved my niece her whole life and care about her partner. If I attend their marriage, however, I feel I’m lying by showing support for an unholy union. And if I don't attend, future relations may be... Dr. Roger Barrier Jun 08, 2022
• Since We Are Sinners Saved by Grace, Does That Make Us Saints? Is there really a difference between calling ourselves “sinners saved by grace” and “saints?” Isn’t it just a matter of semantics? Perhaps. But perhaps not. Denise Kohlmeyer Jun 07, 2022
• One Population the Church Has Forgotten Today as I sit to write, I want to talk to you as a parent. This an open letter written in two parts to two separate audiences. The first part is written to pastors and leaders of churches of all sizes,...