‘Why God?’ we wonder as our pain continues. Our text today reminds us that we can be close to God and still be in pain. God sends Zechariah and unexpected messenger with an unexpected message. We need to be ready for God’s intervention at any time.

Joseph had a life plan. He had goals. God came and messed those up. He faced a dilemma. Will he surrender his plan to God’s greater plan? We too are called by God and face a choice if we will hear and obey what He is calling us to.

Surprises. On the first Christmas, Mary was surprised as the angel Gabriel appeared to her with an astonishing announcement. This would forever alter her life. We too need to recover a theology of the mystery of God and be ready for God to break into...

The angels came to the shepherds and announced they had good news for everyone. People didn’t need to be afraid because of this message of peace was for all people. God offers us His peace today.

The Bible is full of angel encounters. We see them in the life of Jesus as they adore Him in glory and angels show up at His resurrection. And angels were also present at his birth. Angels are messengers sent from God. This Christmas season let’s open...

The battle in this world is real and the church was made to win. We win not by self-reliant strategies but rather through more surrender to the living Christ. We live the naturally supernatural lives by resting in our identity in Christ and moving...

What will bring hope to our region? Some would suggest more programs. Programs as good as they can be, won’t necessarily bring the fullness of Jesus into every sphere of society. Ephesians 5 tells us we are a mosaic of missionaries, each with a unique...

What is the church? An institution? A stadium of spectators? Ephesians 4 presents a picture of the people of God as ones growing in maturity (v. 1-16) and living out this new God-given identity (v. 17-32). We live as missionaries where we live, work...

We are disciples who make disciples. We are to be disciples who do disciple-making where-ever we go. What is our motivation? Ephesians 3 tells us that we are to marinate ourselves in God’s love and His love will overflow through us.

Ephesians 2 presents us as a people who have been saved. We were dead but Jesus has made us alive (v. 1-7). We were far off from God but He has brought us near (v. 11-18). However, we are not just saved from something, we are saved for something...