Overview of names in the Bible.

Examples like the lineage of Adam reads: Man (is) appointed mortal sorrow; (but) the Blessed God shall come down teaching (that) His death shall bring the despairing comfort.

Jacob becoming Israel, Abram becoming Abraham.

In week 3 of our series Four Healthy Churches, Pastor Chris Paavola talks about the importance of repentance for a healthy church and why it matters to you.

In week 2 of our series Four Healthy Churches, our Connections Director Grant Bowdish talks about how a healthy church has a shared heart for generosity.

In week 1 of our series Four Healthy Churches, Pastor Chris Paavola talks about how a healthy church is organized and why it matters to you.

Have you ever felt the need to speak up for Christian values but didn’t know how? Whether it was in a social media post or in a conversation with a family member, you wanted to stand up for the truth, but you didn’t want to lose the relationship. Or, you did speak up, and everyone ended up angry and further entrenched in their opinions. Join St. Mark this October for a 3–part series called Christian Witness in a Complicated World and learn how to have hard conversations with people different than you. Whether the topic is politics, religion, or someone’s moral choices, there are Biblical principles that simplify the conversation, let the person know you love them, and everyone walks away learning something new. It's not what you say, it’s why you say it. 

You can speak truth once, but you cannot show grace once.

Have you ever felt the need to speak up for Christian values but didn’t know how? Whether it was in a social media post or in a conversation with a family member, you wanted to stand up for the truth, but you didn’t want to lose the relationship. Or, you did speak up, and everyone ended up angry and further entrenched in their opinions. Join St. Mark this October for a 3–part series called Christian Witness in a Complicated World and learn how to have hard conversations with people different than you. Whether the topic is politics, religion, or someone’s moral choices, there are Biblical principles that simplify the conversation, let the person know you love them, and everyone walks away learning something new. It's not what you say, it’s why you say it. 

People are more interested in your ideas when they believe you’re interested in their ideas.

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Have you ever felt the need to speak up for Christian values but didn’t know how?

Whether it was in a social media post or in a conversation with a family member, you wanted to stand up for the truth, but you didn’t want to lose the relationship. Or, you did speak up, and everyone ended up angry and further entrenched in their opinions.

Join St. Mark this October for a 3–part series called Christian Witness in a Complicated World and learn how to have hard conversations with people different than you. Whether the topic is politics, religion, or someone’s moral choices, there are Biblical principles that simplify the conversation, let the person know you love them, and everyone walks away learning something new.

It's not what you say, it’s why you say it.

About the Episode:

You should be more concerned with what someone thinks about the resurrection than with any other issue. You work to save America, you lose people. You work to save people, you save America.

Construction requires celebrating progress.

Construction requires consistency. A building can be built by 10,000 nails; it takes one nail at a time. In the same way, the Christian life is more about consistency than fits of passion. Sanctification is about discipline, not motivation. Success happens slowly, then all at once.

Sometimes construction has setbacks. When it comes to sanctification, we might stumble and make mistakes. But the important thing is to give ourselves the same grace Jesus gives us and try again.