The Gospel doesn't just say 'hope again!' With the risen Christ there is now an unshakeable foundation, for a deeper and more resilient life, than we previously imagined.

This week, Rev. Rich McCaskill provides a great lesson on how to see and serve others, and the resources to do so. Enjoy.

Today we’re looking at Acts 8, and in this passage we discover see two men desiring God’s salvation; one is there to offer it, the other is there to receive it, because God is there to provide it. This is a story of how the gospel changed both their lives. 

With this week's message, we'll reflect on the same passage as last week but from a different vantage point. Unlike last week, where we hovered about 2 inches over the text. This week, I’d like to take a different approach and take the 10,000 foot view, so that we can reflect more specifically on one major theme of this passage, Courage.

During this season we're laying aside certain habit or behaviors to better know ourselves and our relationship with God. This week, we're laying aside cowardice and taking up courage in the face of opposition.

In this passage a person is discovered wanting, and because of the witness of both Peter and John, he is brought to worship. Discover why "our playing small doesn't serve the world" and boldly wanting, witnessing, can lead to bold worship of God.

Today's message is on prayer, but we’re not going to discuss how to hold your hands, or delve into formula of the Lord's Prayer. We're going to talk about the "guts of prayer," where prayer puts gravel in your belly and strengthen you as you pray "in the Valley. "

Psalm 84 isn't a story self-reliance. To move "from strength to strength” is to move from one degree of dependence on God to another.

A key component to spiritual health?  Knowing where you would long to be, in order to determine where you're actually at. The psalmist's acknowledgement in Psalm 84:1-4 that he longs for the "courts of the Lord" is a confession of how far away he actually is from the living God.

According to Acts 2, "Christian Community" is so radical and so reasonable that it causes everyone to reflect and repent.