This week at Encounter we are going to look at Matthew 19 and the Rich Young Ruler. Before you arrive consider the notion that all that you have is not exclusively for your use but is meant to benefit all of those in your life and community. How...

Two things are true about most of us: 1) We want to live meaningful lives and 2) We’re busy. The problem is that our busyness may be THE thing preventing us from living meaningful lives. Jesus believed that the most meaningful life is experienced...

50 years as a Pastor taught me there are some life changing and enduring truths that stand the test of time. In fact, there are three that I will share with you. They shaped and molded my life. Enabling me to persevere through the best of times and...

Christmas is an invitation to peace with God. But, it goes beyond that. It introduces us to the peace of God ‑ a peace that can hold us together when it feels like everything else is falling apart.

God shows us the way out of anxiety.

The peace of God grows out of our peace with God.

God offers us His peace and it always starts with relationship.

Returning to thanksgiving.

Coming back from failure.

There are three foundational temptations Satan continually uses against us with the goal of defeating us. Come with me to a battlefield and watch how Jesus fights the tempter.