Lent has traditionally been a time for Christians to reflect on the suffering of Christ and to unite themselves to him in their own suffering. This series reflects on the weight of sin, death, and darkness in the world, while also bringing out the beautiful resolution offered in the hope of the gospel. In this eipsode, Pastor Timothy Pender, Death is an uncomfortable topic: secular society tries to hide it and religions try to turn it into a welcome friend, but the Bible defines death as the greatest enemy to humanity, an enemy which Christ has defeated. Through faith in Jesus Christ the God-Man and in his defeat of death and resurrection, we too can be given victory over death. This gives us hope through all suffering and the motivation to begin to work for the kingdom of God now.

The family life for Christians functions differently than family life for nonreligious families or families of other faiths. The Christian family is much more than the nuclear family of husband, wife, children; and it’s more than just marriage, singleness, and parenting. In reality, the Christian family life, is a dynamic combination of the biological and spiritual interaction that creates the church, also known as the body of Christ. In this episode, subtitled “The Way”, Pastor Timothy Pender discusses how the church family, which is the body of Christ, spans denominations and ethnicities, breaking down barriers and boundaries to unify all Christians now and at the end of time. The local church should look beyond its walls to the broader church and be willing to cross ethnic and class boundaries to engage with spiritual brothers and sisters for the glory and proclamation of the Gospel.

The family life for Christians functions differently than family life for nonreligious families or families of other faiths. The Christian family is much more than the nuclear family of husband, wife, children; and it’s more than just marriage, singleness, and parenting. In reality, the Christian family life, is a dynamic combination of the biological and spiritual interaction that creates the church, also known as the body of Christ. In this episode, subtitled “The Future Is Now”, Pastor Timothy Pender discusses that the church has a responsibility to raise the littlest of God’s disciples, beginning within the home and spreading out into the wider body of the local church. Children can be disciples of Christ, and parents/guardians and teachers should take a deeper look at the religious formation of children and how to best communicate the love of God to children based off a child’s age and stage of life.

The family life for Christians functions differently than family life for nonreligious families or families of other faiths. The Christian family is much more than the nuclear family of husband, wife, children; and it’s more than just marriage, singleness, and parenting. In reality, the Christian family life, is a dynamic combination of the biological and spiritual interaction that creates the church, also known as the body of Christ. In this episode, subtitled “Completely Sufficient”, Pastor Timothy Pender discusses that singleness is a representation to the world of the sufficiency of Christ in a person’s life, as well as a symbol of the coming wedding banquet between Christ the Bridegroom and his bride the church. Singleness is not a “stage of life” or “less than” marriage, and the church body should be engaging with singles as brothers and sisters in Christ, encouraging them to growing intimately closer with Christ. Couples should treat singles as whole people, with passions and gifts given to them by God, and should encourage singles in growing in their gifts.

The family life for Christians functions differently than family life for nonreligious families or families of other faiths. The Christian family is much more than the nuclear family of husband, wife, children; and it’s more than just marriage, singleness, and parenting. In reality, the Christian family life, is a dynamic combination of the biological and spiritual interaction that creates the church, also known as the body of Christ. In this episode, subtitled “Covenant Power”, Pastor Timothy Pender discusses that marriage is a covenant made before God, and a Christian marriage is fundamentally different than the prevailing culture’s understanding of marriage. Christian marriage is different from the marriages of the nonreligious or those of other faiths; Christian marriage is meant to reflect the intimacy between God and his people.

Pastor Edward L. Surratt from Gaffney, SC provides God's House Christian Church with a word of encouragement. How To Handle Stormy Weather!

Our lives are shaped by conflict. Some might enjoy conflict too much, while others might avoid it altogether, but we all need to learn more faith-based, biblical ways of addressing the inevitable conflicts in our lives. In this series, Pastor Pender, will look into how to alleviate conflict in the areas of home, church, and work, referencing biblical resources for seeking reconciliation and wholeness in these relationships. In the episode entitled, Work Resolution, As models of the new creation, we have the ability and mission to seek reconciliation in our workplaces. As kingdom citizens, we build bridges when we want to build walls.

Our lives are shaped by conflict. Some might enjoy conflict too much, while others might avoid it altogether, but we all need to learn more faith-based, biblical ways of addressing the inevitable conflicts in our lives. In this series, Pastor Pender, will look into how to alleviate conflict in the areas of home, church, and work, referencing biblical resources for seeking reconciliation and wholeness in these relationships. In the episode entitled, Church Unity, Our differences can be sources of division in the church—but by the grace of God, they can also be our greatest strength. We must live in the reality of the unity that Christ has made and do so with love.

Our lives are shaped by conflict. Some might enjoy conflict too much, while others might avoid it altogether, but we all need to learn more faith-based, biblical ways of addressing the inevitable conflicts in our lives. In this series, Pastor Pender, will look into how to alleviate conflict in the areas of home, church, and work, referencing biblical resources for seeking reconciliation and wholeness in these relationships. In the episode entitled, Home Peace, The Word and peace of Jesus gives us a place to root ourselves in the midst of conflict. It provides an attitude to example which is love. Our effort is to engage conflict from the rooted place of love, humility, and worship.

In this message Pastor Timothy Pender reflects upon while our world constantly changes, its creator does not. James’s word about God’s unchanging nature not only reassures us of our firm foundation in God but also gives us an exhilarating exhortation to witness to God’s goodness from that firm foundation. God does not change, which means we can participate in his redemptive plan for creation and trust him with our future. Our community of believers can testify to God’s unchanging goodness with our life together.