Gospel: Something More Than a Story
Gospel. What do we mean when we say that word? Sometimes we mean: First 4 books Of the New Testament in the Bible – Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John Story of Jesus – his teaching,...
Following Fish
Talk is cheap. Actions speak louder than words. Or as Rachel Held Evans (an amazing Christian author who died suddenly this past week) has said: Christianity isn’t meant to simply be believed; it’s meant to...
Testimony from Jackie Gonzalez
Today’s Message is an interview testimony given by Jackie Gonzalez. There is no script available.
Save Give Yourself
See if you can guess this movie: The main characters are fleeing from a western duel with Buford Tannen. The Doc is caught and about to be killed. But this gives his friend an opportunity...
The Ripple Effect: How One Drop Changes Everything
One early evening on a lonely country road, an old man was standing on a bridge, high above a deep river. He had just dropped a pebble over the railing to see how long it...
Mission: What If Blessing Is Our Job?
When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you...
Mission: What If There’s More To Do?
We have talked a lot about mission over the past few weeks. Here’s a recap… Mission is the sending of God to the world. We don’t bring God or Christ to others, God is already...
Mission: What If We Are Just Fixing Fish?
I want you to imagine for a moment. Imagine that a group of Christian missionaries from Israel came to Dunn, NC. And they looked around and they saw this great building and they observed our...
Mission: What If God Is Already There?
We spent a good amount of time last year working on our church mission statement. Our mission is to serve Christ by mutually supporting one another and embodying God’s grace and love for all This...
Lord, Do We See You?
Look at the image above and try to read it. It’s interesting that your brain can put this together into a phrase! Even though words are mispelled, you are still able to recognize the words. ...