Every leader of the church as to take disability issues seriously. There is always a Mephibosheth living in a ‘barren land’ who needs access to the king’s table.

God was not pleased to be hauled around on an oxcart, and then David was not pleased. He had to get over his disappointment with God in order to dance again.

“The Power of a Word”

2 Peter 1:16–21

Preacher: Dr. M. Craig Barnes, president

September 8, 2014

Everyone who wants to be of use to the mission of Christ has to have an Upper Room where she or he goes to pray and attend to the leading of the Spirit.

September 15, 2014

Pentecost converts disciples into apostles. One of the marks of this conversion is that we learn to speak to the many cultures around the church eager for good news. From the beginning, the Gospel was expressed in diverse languages and forms.

September 22, 2014

We live in a culture that teaches us to lower expectations. This is especially true in the current generation of young adults. The apostles offered more than alms. They were devoted to healing, which is more than we still expect.

September 29, 2014

What made the apostles so confident that they could speak truth with no fear of imprisonment by those outside of it? Today for most pastors the question is how do we serve the church unafraid of those within it?

October 6, 2014

Rather than presenting the Gospel as one more resource that may be relevant in self-constructing a life, our mission is to help people find their relevance to Christ. The Story doesn’t belong to us; we belong to it

October 13, 2014

“Do It Again”

Philippians 4:8–9

“The Apostle Paul is not calling us to the heroic in ministry. Rather we are called to ‘keep on doing’ the ordinary acts of virtue that we have learned. God is delighted by ordinary and routine acts of faithfulness.”

Monday, October 20, 2014

We are willing to be of service to Jesus, but we all have a Plan B just in case this Gospel thing doesn’t work out. This is a deadly strategy to our souls. It is time to be ‘all in.’ And that time comes sooner than we want.

Monday, October 27, 2014