Have you ever sung the praises of the family traditions in your life?  Maybe not publicly, but how do you promote what you do each year for Christmas, New Year’s, Birthdays, etc?  My wife and I are trying to decide what traditions we will incorporate into our annual...

This is the fifth week in a series I've been doing called Who Do You Think You Are? Each week we've looked at a different identity we've been given by God. We've learned that we're called to be ambassadors of God's love, have been created to be masterpieces that serve...

Luke 1:63 New International Version (NIV) 63 He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s astonishment he wrote, “His name is John.” The birth of John the Baptist marks the fulfillment of prophesy. His name means, "The Lord is gracious." The fulfillment of the...

II Corinthians 10:5 (ESV) 'We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, '  To a very great extent, how we get through this life is dependent on our ability to live out this verse. ...

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.  Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will...

That was the story of my senior year.  I had an encounter with Jesus the summer before that changed my life. Before then I didn't believe in Jesus or like church. But the summer of 2003, I met Jesus and He changed my life.  My prayer life was real and God was speaking...