Acts 4 is an epic battle between a David-like underdog and a Goliath-like giant. In one corner you have two rather unschooled, unimpressive Galilean fishermen named Peter and John. In the other corner you have all the power and authority of 2,000 years of religious tradition. It is the first clash in the history of […]

The early church didn’t talk about “going” to church; they talked more about “being” the church. Being the church requires having a heart more like Christ, to have a heart that is growing in its love for the broad world that Jesus loves.

“Where there is no guidance the people fall, but in abundance of counselors there is victory.” Proverbs 11:14 God places a variety of people in our lives through whom he may speak into ours. How do we listen for that guidance? How can we know it is from him and not just some crazy friend […]

Throughout the Bible there are many fathers; however, very few would go on the Top 10 List of Best Fathers. Every biblical father for which we have a substantial history has a pretty spotted fatherhood tenure, and this includes such notables as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and David. Maybe the best examples of manhood […]

This isn’t what can be, or even should be, but this is what MUST be. This is the longing for what God wants to do in us and through us. Will Mancini’s understanding in Church Unique may help us keep this whole process in context. “In a nutshell, mission is like a compass and Vision […]

The FHC Vision is framed by our Mission, Values, Strategy, and Measures, each one built on our identity in Jesus Christ. What is the Vision that Christ calls us to that will hang in this frame?

The discipline of worship, the positive human response to God’s action, is really at the heart of being human. God is Creator, Sustainer, Redeemer, Restorer, and the One who enables all good. In the fall of Lucifer, in the fall of Adam and Eve and in the fall of us today, there is a connection […]

Our mission is just a quick view, a synopsis, of Christ’s commission to all boys and girls, every man and woman. God has the right to call to himself whomever he will and to use whomever he will. The mission he gives to the church in China is the same as the mission for the […]

The prophet is called to speak on God’s behalf. They are given insight, understanding and a message from God, and they deliver it, speaking on God’s behalf. Miriam, Deborah, Huldah, Noahdiah, Isaiah’s wife, Anna, and the daughters of Phillip couldn’t be called prophetess without the exact came calling coming their way. Huldah is sought as […]

There is just one way to be saved. There is no gender specificity to receiving salvation. We are saved by God’s GRACE alone. We access this grace through faith, and even the faith we exercise is a gift from God. It is one and the same gift to girls and boys, men and women. How […]