In his book, Side by Side, Ed Welch explains, “The circumstances of life are easy to understand, but it is at the center of these—our hearts—where things get complicated. Our hearts are always stirring with activity.” As our Shepherd Groups continue in the study through...
If you haven’t listened to Pastor JJ’s sermon from Sunday, listen here. You will be challenged. And hopefully you (and I and all of us) will be changed. As we’ve been hearing about Planned Parenthood in the news and our hearts are being spurred to action, it’s important...
The story has been retold for me countless times. There I stand, at the door, blonde hair totally disheveled, trying to put on my puffy red coat. In comes Grandpa, kindly holding the arm out for me to make it a little easier. “I CAN DO IT ME SELF.” That was my 18-month-old...
In yesterday's sermon, Living by Prayer, Pastor JJ commended us to begin praying the Scriptures as a means of communing with God. But what does it look like to listen to the Word of God, rather than filling the silence of our prayer time with our own words and requests? Pastor JJ pointed...
“Today, a frightening number of kids are growing up in churches and Christian homes without ever being captured by the gospel of Jesus … They look back and realize that they learned much about Christian behavior and churchy experiences, but whatever they learned about Jesus...
A Supreme Court decision on whether states have the right to define marriage could be made within days. As our nation prepares for what is expected to be a day of victory for so called same-sex "marriage," we fall on our knees and pray. Russell Moore provides us with several ways we can...
Pastor JJ is on his way up to Camp Barakel for a week to proclaim the glories of the gospel to a group of Junior High campers. Will you join us in praying that they have ears to hear God speak, eyes to see the glory of Jesus and hearts that would be transformed, and that Pastor JJ would be...