Tony French Speaks

Would you rather know about God, or know God?

It is great to have information about God, but that doesn't hold a candle to actually knowing God. God created us to be in intimate relationship with him.Let's pursue God, not just knowledge about him. There is not comparison.

We are committed to being the kind of people who reflect both the purpose and the personality of Jesus by leveraging the gifts Jesus has given us for the benefit of others, both inside the church and outside the church.

We believe that living life together in a safe "me too" community is the best opportunity for pursuing truth and grace and experiencing the life that God has in mind for us.

We were not made to live life on our own. We are created for relationship. We believe the local church is family.

We believe that following Jesus involves implementing a strategy to enthrall yourself with God and eliminate any obstacles or responses that stand against God’s good intentions for you.

No matter what you have done wrong, we believe that by grace through faith in Jesus alone, it is still possible to be reconnected back into intimate relationship with God.

Probably the most important value at The Christian Center is this one. We believe that relationship with Jesus is possible. And that relationship can change everything about you.

Every group of people has rules that they live by. The church is no different. Here at the Christian Center we intentionally have chosen seven values.

Our first value is Biblical Authority.
We believe that the Bible is God’s Word and has the ability to show us a better way to live, if we are willing to put ourselves under its authority and adjust our lives to what God reveals there as true and best

 We are people of The Book. We use it to reveal truth. Truth about God. Truth about His Kingdom. Truth about ourselves. When we need to gain insight into life, we first turn to the Bible to see what it has to say. It reveals our foundational truths. 

We do not change God's word to align with out view of things, we change our view of things to align with God's word.

We can learn a lot about God by looking at the Christmas story.

In our minds, we think we know how things ought to be, and how God ought to do them. The funny thing is, God normally doesn't work that way. The craziness of the Christmas story can give us insight into the way that God works in our lives.

The birth of Jesus initiates many of the blessing of God, one of them is joy.

Because of Jesus, we can have joy. Joy that is not based on our circumstances.

As we look towards the birth of Jesus, we also look towards what Jesus brings.

This week we look towards the Prince of Peace. The one that brings peace that is beyond our understanding. The peace that replaces anxiety.

Advent is the time before Christmas when we look towards the coming of Jesus, As we look towards Jesus, one of the first things we see is hope.

Not wishful thinking, but longing for the good that is coming in the future. The good in the near-term future and the good at the renewal of all things.