Thanksgiving For The Christian

I love Thanksgiving and the family warmth and historic importance of the day. As followers of Christ, of course we need to be thankful every day, even when our lives are in turmoil. Recall that I Thessalonians 5:16-18 tells us: “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing,...

Why the Virgin Birth Is So Important.

The virgin birth of Jesus is the central theme of the Christmas story and illustrates the wonder of the Christ child who experienced physical birth like you and me. He was born the sinless, perfect Son of God whose very beginning on earth was the result of an...

Doing The Right Thing

I admit up front that doing the right thing is not always easy to do. In our humanity, we want to trust God, but waiting on Him can be so hard. When I think of trusting God and doing the right thing, I picture my father. A few years after he planted Thomas Road...

Faithful vs. Popular

Soon after my father passed away in May 2007, I wrote an article titled, “Are You Controversial?” In it, I noted how controversy followed dad, largely because he took a stand for Christ wherever he went. If we are speaking out for Christ, it is quite likely that we...

How We Are Confronting Culture

  Here is our Top Three List of things we believe the church should be doing to confront culture: 1. PLANTING NEW CHURCHES. In order to challenge our increasingly Godless culture, we need active, determined, Bible-believing churches that will prayerfully and...

Running From Truth

We live in a confounding world. We see people constantly running away from Truth, while claiming that they desire truth. You know, it is actually quite natural for us, in our humanity, to run away from God. We all have a sinful nature and even we who know Christ as...