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As the woman, pregnant, in labor, clinging to the donkey she rode, was ushered up the walk, the innkeeper came out, waving them away into the snow as he turned an bolted the door behind him.

Nonsense.…

Advent starts next week and we'll talk about the Christmas story throughout the season. This week, though, we're going to talk about two women who had obviously rejected God's ways and brought great …

As we prepare for America's favorite holiday, Black Friday, we might need to spend a little more time focused on how Thanksgiving should be an every day holiday, not a once-a-year one. Why? Because t…

When you hear someone who isn't quite right in what they say or do, what's the appropriate response? Should we roast them on social media? Fillet them and their mistakes in public? Start a whispering…

We live in a world filled with scared people reacting to their fear. There is an antidote for that poison, but it isn't one many people are willing to take. Taking it will set you free, but making th…

The greatest horrors of the Halloween season cannot come close to those perpetuated by humans on one another. And God placed Ezekiel in the midst of that horror, the only living man in a field strewn…

Does resurrection matter? It's a crazy idea, right? In Acts 17, Paul's insistence on preaching Jesus raised from the dead runs head-on into a wall of educated disbelief. But they are willing to hear …

In a world torn apart by evil actions and deep hurts, what are we to do? 
When an enemy has slaughtered our children, what are we to do?
When the monsters are revealed and our anger is sharp and ready …

When someone says things to you which are different from the way you've always done things or different from the way you think or have been taught that the world works, what is the proper response? D…

God delights in me and my perfection. And if you are blameless and never turn from his ways or break any of his commandments, you can be perfect too. Worried that it may be too late? Oh, do I have so…

What Must I do to be Saved?

That's the question, isn't it? And to get to the answer, we're going to start with Zeus having an affair, Apollo killing a dragon, Paul's group of evangelists being praised…

People can't be trusted. We are inconsistent and petty and self-serving and, sometimes, downright mean. Okay, not all the time, but every one of us has our moments, don't we?

It's no wonder that peopl…

Do we need to do conform to a certain set of standards to be holy or do we simply say that the grace of Jesus is enough and then live that out, whatever that looks like? That's the question which fac…

I'm out on vacation this week, but couldn't resist putting together a little something from God's Word for you to chew on while I'm gone!

What is it that we were made for? Do we have a purpose in life…

When is condemnation acceptable? When should the past be the past and the future be the focus?

Plus learn a few things you may not have known about Captain Roger, about the Bible, and about throwing s…

You are forgiven. For all the things that have or are keeping you from being the best you can be. Any way that you haven't reflected the image of God. Or that you won't. It's forgiven. Yes, even that…

People will try to put detours and obstacles in your way, trying to force you to go their way. But our job isn't to follow other people, it's to follow Jesus. 

This week's message from the book of Act…