The life and faith of Abraham gives us a good example of how we can be "justified". This word means being declared right with God. Abraham believed God and God credited him with righteousness.

A hard truth for some to accept: NO ONE is righteous enough to be saved on their own. Sin means we all fall short of God's standard. No one can save themselves, but everyone can be saved by faith in Jesus.

The good news is that God loves us and that everyone can be saved, both Jews and Gentiles. But the bad news is that we cannot save ourselves. When we share the gospel, we must also share the truth, that we are sinners and without God, we will be destroyed by our depravity.

God does not force us to choose Him. But He does clearly lay out for us the difference between following Him and not following Him. It takes strength and courage to turn away from the gods of this world to follow our one true God.

Sometimes we like to make things sound better than the really are. This may be no big deal with things like our job title. But when it comes to our sin, it is a big deal. God is ready to move us beyond our failures… but He wants us to face them and admit our guilt and for us to repent and to turn away from the things we covet so much.

Love the story of the Battle of Jericho… but I think most of you know how it goes… Get to Jericho, walled city, march around it once day for 6 days, seventh day walked around it 7 times, then blew the trumpets, everyone shouted and...

Did you ever dream of being a superhero as a child? Superman, being able to fly? Hulk, being super strong? Batman, think his superpower was being super rich. I liked Spiderman as a child, climbing walls, swinging from webs…But is this what God expects us to be?

New Year's Day Message by Larry Epps

Merry Christmas! Are you ready for Christmas? Doesn't matter, it's coming next Sunday! A lot of things in like happen, even if we feel we aren't ready for them. Because God doesn't ask us if we're ready, if we would like things done a certain way or not… do you know why?

Imagine if the cure for COVID was finally discovered? In fact, what if the cure for COVID was also the cure for cancer? And since we're just dreaming here, and what if this cure wasn't tainted with politics or any other suspicious motives? I'm talking about...