Did God Really Say? We find that question in Genesis 3:1, and that one question has done more to destroy God’s design for those created in His image than any other question in History! Our world right now is a direct result of our response to that question. As we start a new series, we’re […]

We have been making some significant shifts as a church when it comes to our focus. In today’s reiteration of that vision for our church, I share some of my story. I specifically wanted to share some of the biggest changes God has made in my life over the past couple of years. We also […]

As we bring our Continually Devoted series to a close, we take a look the lifestyle of the early church. The first four weeks we looked at what they were devoting themselves to. This week, we look at what that produced in the early church. It was nothing short of radical. What about the church […]

There is a lot of teaching about prayer. There are a lot of statements about prayer. And, there is a lot of confusion about prayer. What is prayer? Why should we pray? Why can we pray? These are all questions we address in part 4 of our series on the church. Join us as we […]

As we continue on in our deep dive into life in the early church, we take a look at what might be a surprisingly difficult challenge. On the surface it doesn’t seem to be all that big of a deal, but as we take the concept of living sacrificially out to our approach to church, […]

As we continue our deep dive into the thinking of the early church, we take a look at the type of fellowship they had. It’s not really what we would call fellowship. In fact, we’ve used the word incorrectly all these years, and watered down it’s meaning. But the early church had a very different […]

Throughout the month of August, we are going to be taking a look at the things the early church was continually devoted to. That word, that is most often translated simply “devotion” is much more than that. It carries with it the idea of: “continually, intensely devoted and obstinately persistent to.” We are asking ourselves […]

Love the Lord with all your soul. Yesterday, Jim shared in a comment on the post this helpful explanation: “The body is what you are. It is made of the chemicals found in the earth, put together by God. Your spirit is why you are. In scripture, it is the breath of life that God […]

Yesterday, we started thinking about the soul. We looked at how we are souls with bodies. The soul is the eternal part of us. The soul is what will be saved. We will get new bodies, but not new souls. It’s that part of you that makes you who you are, but it’s also that […]

Mark 12:30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’[a] 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b] There is no commandment greater than these.” Last week, we talked about loving God with all your heart. To be honest, […]