The world that we live in, the world that we are to reach, changed dramatically ten years ago on September 11, 2001. Do you remember where you were when you heard the news? At first no one knew what was going on, but eventually the horror of the tragedy began to sink in. As well as the fear of what else might happen in the future. People rushed into churches in waves to pray for God’s protection and to seek His comfort. Continue reading God’s Message in 9/11 →
One of the foundations of a strong family is speaking the truth. Parents to each other and parents and children to one another. However, we all tempted to not speak the truth, which the Bible calls lying. Lying leads to weak families that have great difficulties. Continue reading Speaking the Truth →
In order to build strong families, we’ve got to build them on a foundation of God’s Word. In our message series “Building Strong Families” we’ve been looking at the 10 commandments, which are the plumb line for Christian character. Many believers think they do pretty good at keeping the ten commandments. The same was true back in Jesus’ day. Continue reading Increasing in Integrity →
We all see and obey traffic signs everyday: stop signs, red lights, green lights, yellow lights, one-way, do not enter and speed limit signs. Some people think that the signs of just an inconvenience, to be ignored if there are no police cars around. They think that traffic signs just make their life difficult, signs impede their freedom to drive the way that they want.
But do traffic signs simply make life difficult or do they serve another purpose? Suppose you ignore that red light and go right through the intersection. You might get away with it a few times but one day somebody else will be going through that intersection and you’re going to get hit. Traffic signs are there for your own protection and for maintaining order in society. When you ignore them, you put yourself and other people in jeopardy. Continue reading Keeping Pure →
We’re currently in a message series called, “Building Strong Families.” In this series we’re looking at Ten Values that God wants us to build our families upon. These Ten Values are found in the Ten Commandments. These 10 values deal with relationships, our relationship with God and our relationships with other people. Continue reading Understanding Life’s Sanctity →
