by Morgan Hall | Feb 20, 2023 | Anxiety, Featured, Joy
Joy. This little word is so desired, envied, and sought after these days. So many work so hard to find it, yet are searching in the wrong places. They confuse joy with the idea of constant happiness and perfection. However, the joy of the Lord can be found in any and...
by Chelsea Barnwell | Feb 13, 2023 | Featured, Joy
Because of an overly broad application of the word “joy,” I am sometimes hesitant to claim a sense of true joy. I can certainly be very happy at times, but I can also be very sad, even depressed. It’s a mental battle for me to hold onto joy and peace when life is...
by Allen Waldrep | Feb 6, 2023 | Christian Life, Featured, Joy
“No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.” 1 Corinthians 10:13 This commonly...
by Nathan Fox | Oct 31, 2022 | Christian Life, Featured, Gospel, Theology
“Preach the Word.” I’ve often heard this phrase from professors training us who were heading into pastoral ministry, or from individuals now who encourage me prior to me teaching our teens. What I think they really mean are things like “don’t mix...
by G. Family | Oct 31, 2022 | Christian Life, Featured, Gospel, Mission, Theology
If a Christian only exists in arenas with other Christians, it can become hard to see the vast difference between the nature of our God and the world’s sorry attempt of a god in their own image. Our God is utterly unique. He is Triune. Not only is He three in one, as...
by Mike Crump | Oct 31, 2022 | Christian Life, Featured
“The world is passionately committed to the inconsequential.” -John Piper That quote hit me harder than I expected. Not just because it was so true, but because I was immediately aware of my own bend toward the inconsequential and distracting. Like many, I...
