Your relationship with God is a personal thing, but living in community with other Christians is when things get really personal. Creating the time to have a community like that might be difficult at first, but it's worth the stretch.

Certain times of year are notorious for leaving people feel stretched thin. Maybe it's that time of year for you right now. But God doesn't want "stretch" to be something that happens to you. He wants you to purposely stretch yourself in ways that bring you closer to him and closer to his purpose for you.

At the end of the Apostles' Creed there are two phrases that are the final product of everything that goes before them: "I believe in the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting."

Twelve men experienced the blessing of spending a lot of time with Jesus for three years. Yet as Jesus was nearing his death, he told them that it was good that he was going away. His absence would make room for the Holy Spirit to do his work.

Jesus' ascension into heaven was either a convenient story or a significant event. As the Apostle Paul tried to show some 1st century Christians exactly what Christ gave them, he showed why it's so important to see the ascension as a significant event.

At times everyone feels the burden of not being the person they want to be. That burden is lifted when you look at how Jesus became someone he was not.

We think of God as being big and powerful and mighty. In response, many have a relationship with God filled with feelings of fear and inadequacy. Many find themselves walking on eggshells hoping not to make their BIG God angry. While it's true that God is big and powerful and mighty, fear does not need to define your relationship with him.

There is power in belief, but that power is limited by what you believe in.

One of the most powerful emotions that a person could possess is "thankful." The problem is that the stresses and worries of life can so often make "thankful" difficult to feel. Find how to get more "thankful" in our lives no matter who you are or what your circumstances might be.

The word “repent” is intimidating to some and controversial to others. But when you peel back the layers and see what repentance is supposed to be all about, you discover that it is more about an invitation than a threat.