By Pastor Tedd Mathis This year we are using the Advent wreath and lighting Advent candles. Church members will begin our Sunday service by reading a short reading to bring our minds to the truths of hope, peace, love, and joy. They will then light the candle in the wreath. Our church choir will help us consider those themes, singing the first…

By Pastor Keith Foskey If endless movie sequels teach us anything, it’s that the longer something continues, the more likely it is to devolve into a pale imitation of its former glory. Sure, sometimes you get a Rocky IV (a perfect movie), but more often you end up with a Superman IV situation (which is redeemable only by being slightly better than…

By Pastor Tedd Mathis All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give rest for your souls. Take…

By Pastor Tedd Mathis Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools As we see the chaos of our day, it might be wise to remind ourselves, man has been here before. Social and political revolutions are rooted in ideas – and ideals. Sometimes they head in a God-honoring direction. Sometimes, Reality is revolted against. Having just marked our nation’s declaration of…

By Pastor Tedd Mathis An acquaintance recently posted the following on Facebook:It is not your job to convert people to your way of thinking. It is your job to speak your truth so that others may find theirs. To which I replied: “Seems to me, you’re trying to convert me.” Do you see it? The post is evangelistic. The author is attempting…

By Pastor John Piper I write this on the eve of prostate surgery. I believe in God’s power to heal—by miracle and by medicine. I believe it is right and good to pray for both kinds of healing. Cancer is not wasted when it is healed by God. He gets the glory and that is why cancer exists. So not to pray…

By Apologetics Press  More than 1,900 years ago, God inspired the writers of the New Testament to pen their books and letters. The actual letters and books written by these men were known as “autographs.” Unfortunately, we do not have any of the original autographs that these men wrote. Why didn’t God preserve these original documents so that we could see them…

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Jim Waldenmeyer handed out copies of this at our Wednesday evening prayer meeting. It was encouraging to me, and I thought it would be encouraging to many in our church family. By Chuck Lawless Just a simple thought today. At this time three years ago, I and others had been praying for my mom’s salvation for more than 46 years. As I…

By Pastor Tedd Mathis Over the years I’ve heard several people speak about the need to forgive themselves. On the internet, I found the subject is very popular. Even WebMD and Psychology Today weigh in. Sometimes we Christians pick up a phrase or concept and assume its validity without giving it a going over according to God’s Word. And as to those…