The point of Christmas is that God came to dwell with us so that we could dwell with Him forever.

As John reminds us in the first chapter of his Gospel, the “Word was God . . . [and] the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us” (verses 1, 14).

When you think of the enormity of God, the complexity of His creation, and the majesty of His glory, this effort for our salvation is beyond comprehension.

Why would God go to such lengths to restore us to Himself? The answer, of course, is found in His nature. It’s found in the one-word God uses to describe Himself in 1 John 4:8: “God is love.”

So with Christmas nearly upon us, Dr. Chuck Jonas helps us to preserve and protect the real treasure and meaning of the holiday by looking at the account of the Magi.

Millions of parents are desperately hoping that this year they’ll find the right toy.

A toy that will both light up Christmas morning and not end up stuffed in the back of the closet three weeks from now.

Join us as Dr. Chuck Jonas shares with us how the Christmas present was so different.

I love our Christmas trees, but do you know why we have Christmas trees or how the tradition started? Some people would say they came from old Roman mythology. Others say sixteenth-century Germans or even Martin Luther started the whole thing.

Much of the world takes a moment to pause for this holiday—even though many people don’t really know why.

When we look at the first proclamation of Christmas that came from heaven to earth through the voices of angels speaking to the shepherds.

Join us as Dr. Chuck Jonas reminds of the “why” behind all the things we are doing during this season

Christmas is certainly a time of waiting and expectation.

You can feel the expectation build as children grow more and more antsy in their classes at school as they wait for the big day to arrive. As we prepare and wait, it occurs to me that the vast majority of our lives is filled with waiting and preparation while only a fraction is filled with actual experience, celebration, or doing stuff.

Our short time on earth is more about preparation for eternity in heaven than what we accomplish or do on this earth.

In fact, the best use of our time on earth is to prepare our hearts to become more like Jesus and to help other people get prepared to meet Jesus in heaven.

The primary point of the Old Testament is preparation for one moment.

Join us as Pastor Chuck Jonas shares with us what is means to prepare and what we should expect this Christmas Season.

The Psalms have been for faithful Christians the source of song and praise and, along with the Lord’s Prayer, the pattern for our most earnest and joyful prayers.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer learned much about prayer in his courageous struggle against the Nazis in Germany.

He insisted that Christians cannot really learn to pray unless they come to the Psalms.

He considered it a dangerous error “to think that the heart can pray by itself.

For then we confuse wishes, hopes, sighs, laments, rejoicings—all of which the heart can do by itself—with prayer. And we confuse earth and heaven, man and God. Prayer does not mean simply to pour out one’s heart. It means rather to find the way to God and speak with him, whether the heart is full or empty” (Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible [Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1974], 9).

The Psalms are full of the range of human emotions—all offered to God in prayer.

In the psalm before us, the prayer is one of joyous thanksgiving to the Lord.

Join us as Dr. Chuck Jonas helps us discover the secret of thanksgiving.

Billy Graham ended every service wit the hymn, Just As I Am. It is a sone that simply compels us to come to Savior just as we are. 

But it is so much more than that.

Join us a Dr. Chuck Jonas shares The Call to Come and the Call to Go.

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As you get to the intersection of Repentance and Faith, you have to make a choice.

We learned last week what Repentance is, but what is faith?

Join us as Dr. Chuck Jonas share with us what is means to have faith as we continue our journey down Salvation Road.

There is always going to be that one intersection that you are nervous to go through because traffic can be so crazy. 

But there is an intersection that we all must go through. The intersection of Repentance and Faith.

Join us as Dr. Chuck Jonas share what it means to truly repent of our sins and turn to God.

Today is Homecoming at Reidsville Baptist. Our guest today is Rev. Randy Mullinax. Randy was a consultant with the Georgia Baptist Mission Board in the area of Evangelism. 

Randy has a heart for God and a love of all things BBQ.

Join us as Rev. Randy helps us find our lost love.

In recent years, the share of American adults who do not affiliate with a religious group has risen dramatically.

In spite of this trend, the overwhelming majority of Americans, including a majority of the religiously unaffiliated – those who describe themselves, religiously, as atheists, agnostics or “nothing in particular” – say they believe in God or a higher power, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in December of 2017.

At the same time, only a slim majority of Americans now believe in the God of the Bible and roughly one-in-ten U.S. adults don’t believe in any higher power or spiritual force.

Join us as Dr. Chuck Jonas shares with us how we can know God.