Hot Seat – “God-Centered Politics” Few things cause people to become more heated and opinionated than the subject of politics. Our country is polarized and there is an increasingly negative tone. Thankfully, the writer of Psalm 146 is here to help us regain some much-needed perspective.

Student Takeover 2018 – “Different” God’s word is filled with so many great promises, although some aren’t as easy to hear. In Mark 13:13, Jesus himself says, “Everyone will hate you because of me.” There is a promise attached to a life lived different. Opposition is inevitable. In Daniel chapter 3, three young men find themselves in this very situation. […]

Hot Seat: “Overcoming Depression” The writer of Psalm 42 is incredibly open about his feelings of desperation and despair. We aren’t accustomed to this level of transparency from anyone about their struggle with depression. Nobody talks about it. Especially in church?

Hot Seat: “Escaping Materialism” You rarely hear Psalm 49 quoted. Probably because it encourages us to think less about money and possessions, and more about our eventual death. Let’s be honest, we don’t want to do either. No one wants to believe that they are greedy, but sometimes the most uncomfortable things to hear are what we need to hear […]

Upside Down If we take an honest look around our world, we’ll see that in many ways it is upside down. It’s the result of mankind—you and me—trying to live life our way rather than God’s way. Jesus came to turn our lives right side up again, and He rose from the dead to prove He has the power to […]

Love Where You “Like” In Luke 10, an expert in the law asks Jesus to define what it means to love your neighbor. Jesus answered the man’s question by telling a story about a good Samaritan. If Jesus had come to earth in the 21st century instead of the 1st century, how would he say loving our neighbors should affect […]

Love Where You Go There are people you cross paths with every day that need to know the love of God. You may not know their names. They are just a familiar face at the gym, a teacher directing traffic for the car rider line at your child’s school, a server at your favorite lunch spot, or the team mom […]

Love Where You Work If you work forty hours a week, you will spend more than 91,000 hours on the job before the retirement age of 65. That’s a big chunk of your life! So don’t just punch the clock and mark time. Be intentional and allow God to use you to make a difference in your workplace. You are […]

Love Where You Live The mission God gave us to “make disciples” is global, which can seem kind of overwhelming. The best way to start changing the world is to love where you live, with the people in your own home and right next door.  Because regardless of where you live, God has you there on purpose.

Bridges: “3 Relationships Everyone Needs” The single most common finding from a half a century’s research on life satisfaction is that what separates generally happy people from unhappy people is significant and meaningful relationships. Unfortunately, most of us have few, if any, of them. We have many acquaintances, but not many true friends. Pastor Tim points out three different types […]