The Jonah story ends so abruptly that it feels as if someone tore a page out of the Bible. While the story of Jonah is complete, the story of grace was not yet complete. In this message, we’ll discover exactly what role Jonah played in the story of...

Jonah was running from God. And he was running from

him for an interesting reason—he was running from him because he

found the mercy of God to be troubling. But why? How can God’s

relentless mercy for people who do not deserve it be so

troubling?

Jonah is one of the most well-known stories from

the Bible… thanks, in part, to Pinocchio. And it’s often dismissed

as a fable or mythology. But even a casual reading reveals this

story has much less to do with a big fish than it does the...

Raising children is one of life’s greatest

challenges. And because your kids’ ages are always changing, the

unique challenges are always changing along with them. In this

message, we’ll give practical advice on handling all of the key

stages of...

As parents, the days are long but the years are

short. Even while kids are still young, parents are shaping the

trajectory of their kid’s lives. And their direction isn’t shaped

much by the big vacation to Disney Land. Instead, it's the...

One of the most destructive things we can do for

children is to fail to help them learn to respect clear and

appropriate boundaries. The violation begins with parents who don’t

have clear boundaries in their own lives. In this message, we’ll

learn how...

Somewhere along the line, we picked up the idea

that kids are supposed to be the focus of our lives. The problem is

that kid-centered parenting causes problems for everyone, beginning

with the kids. That’s because child-centered parenting...

All of us have a family portrait that portrays the

perfect family. Everyone is smiling and appearing happy to be

together. But everyday life doesn’t look like a family portrait. As

we begin this series, we’ll talk about how to hang on to the...

Becoming a solution-oriented person means saying

“no” to yourself and “yes” to a purpose bigger than you. The

essence of becoming a better person is not self-improvement, but

self-denial. If you really want to live, you have to die to

yourself first.

Just because we turned our calendar over into a new

year doesn’t make anything easier. Our good intentions to become a

better person can still backslide into old behaviors and habits.

But why does this happen? Because changing our behavior...