Where Sunday's Message Meets Everyday Life

  • How Do I Know If God Is Answering “No” or “Not Yet”?

    How do I discern the difference between God’s “no” and God’s “not yet”? Following Sunday’s message this question was asked of one of our staff members.  It’s a great question.  There are times when God refuses to answer our prayers.  It could be because we are living outside His will.  It could be because what Continue reading

  • Does God Answer our Prayers?

    For the past several weeks our church has been learning some biblical truths about prayer. For some prayer is a great mystery.  For others it is a huge bore.  Still for others it is a lifeline, as natural and necessary as breathing.  In the past two decades I have been asked a lot of questions Continue reading

  • A New Attitude

    Pastor and author Charles R. Swindoll wrote:  “Attitude … is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, thab money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a Continue reading

  • If It’s Convenient

    Jesus called fishermen to follow Him. They left their nets, their livelihood, their security, and followed Him.  Jesus called a tax collector to follow Him.  He left his business, his livelihood, his security, and followed Him.  Jesus said, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and Continue reading

  • Book Review: The Gospel of Yes

    Title: The Gospel of Yes Author: Mike Glenn I will begin by saying that there are some great truths to be gleaned from this book. I underlined quite a bit and will go back and pick that fruit to keep, however I found the book on the whole to be a bit thin. The idea Continue reading

  • Self-imposed Exile

    A self-imposed exile is a terribly lonely place filled with fragments of broken dreams, bits and pieces of promises unkept, and ominous shadows of betrayals done to you. You are not in that place because you were forced there. You are there by your choice. You have isolated yourself in an attempt to avoid the Continue reading

  • There Is No Escape

    A couple of decades ago I got a new computer.  One of the preinstalled programs was a game based on the arcade game “Dig Dug.”  It was basically a miner trying to dig tunnels without them collapsing on him or being caught by the monsters that roamed the tunnels.  By today’s standards this game may Continue reading

  • The Plan Is to Come Back Alive

    I stared at the screen of my laptop as Felix Baumgartner edged his way onto a platform of his balloon-born capsule 24 miles above the year and leaped off.  On the way down he not only broke the record for free falling distance, he also broke the sound barrier.  His fall speed was just under 834 miles Continue reading

  • Review of David Burchett’s “When Bad Christians Happen to Good People”

    Burchett’s book attempts to walk the fine line between espousing stinging truth and ranting. He pretty much pulls it off because of three things. First, he disarms the reader with a confession of his own hypocritical nature. Second, he relates the tragic personal story of his daughter Katie born with a terminal neural tube birth Continue reading

  • Fan or Follower?

    College football season has started.  As usual, the excitement level is high for fans hoping this year will bring lots of win and a high ranking with a big time bowl game at season’s end.  College football has varying levels of investment. There is the investment of a fan to block off a few hours Continue reading