Christmas, what a glorious time! Where our hope was given that our lives could be changed! A Child was given, A Son was Born! The gift of Christ was set from the foundation of the world and set forth to explain His purpose for all of mankind. A child, coming into the world like us. A man growing in the world like us. A savior living in the world yet not like us… Jesus did so without sin! He came to redeem… to get us back to where we were at the beginning. We need to realize, the manger, Gethsemane and Calvary were no afterthought. Long before there was a stable in Bethlehem, long before Adam and Eve set eyes on each other, even before there existed a garden called Eden, God decided to send His Son Jesus to die on the cross for our sins. The gift of Jesus is what Christmas is all about. Jesus died for us that we could live for Him! It’s never been about lights, shopping or gifts under a tree. Christmas is about the gift God gave on the tree where Christ died for our sins, giving us the gift of eternal life.

Why do most churches not speak about the one subject that Jesus spoke about more than any of His other subjects? A subject that has been, and still is difficult to speak about even to the most astute of biblical pastors. Though uncomfortable, a subject Jesus proclaimed imperative to declare and discuss… ‘The Reality of Hell’. So much so did Jesus want us to understand this 'very real place' that He even described it more vividly than He described Heaven. Though, no one has a endearing desire to speak about it, every pastor owes it to their congregation to raise the subject of Hell, if not on a regular basis… at least annually. Join us a Victorious Life this Sunday as Pastor Tim expounds upon the ‘Reality of Hell’ as the place Jesus spoke of more than anyone else in scripture for the sole purpose of helping people know it is a very real destination where they do not want to arrive. (Childcare and Children’s Ministry Available)

In society today, there seems to be an almost insatiable desire towards Angels, Demons and the Supernatural. Just look at the movie box office, magazines, television, etc… I wonder if some of this craving is partly to understand what they don’t know, and partly to hope hell, demons and the supernatural are simply fantasy and not reality. A few years ago, the Barna Research Group found that 81% polled said they believed that angels exist and influence people’s lives, but not demon’s nor the demonic! What and who are the angels? Are there really demons and if so, what are who are they? Do these two groups of beings have an agenda? If so, what is it? Is it correct to assume that angels are the nonthreatening, loving beings that many people believe them to be? As we continue our series on ‘Heaven, I Can Only Imagine’; join us this Sunday as we look at ‘Angels and Demons; Who Are They’?

There is an old adage out there that simply says, ‘All Gave Some, But Some Gave All!’ Another, that is greatly similar, ‘American is the land of the free, because of the brave!’ The past is an interesting part of the present. Yesterday is something that we can either run from or something that we can learn from. If you don’t learn from history, (the past), it tends to repeat itself and we will fall into the same traps as we did before. Our dear young (not old) country is doing the same thing. So many, have given so much, for so long to keep this country safe and strong. They did this for one reason, to keep this nation free. Freedom! Yet many today fail to remember or even realize, the whole reason America was settled in the first place was to be under the one who could truly keep this great nation free, God! To remain free we must remain, ‘One Nation Under God’ if not we will be ‘one nation gone under!’ Join us this Sunday as we recognize Veteran’s Day and all those who gave some, and remember some of those who gave all.