Something I've been reminded of recently is the 5 standards for successful communication. They are: caring, praise, truth, faith and surrendering our mouths to serve and glorify God. I'm pretty sure we're all aware how essential successful communication is in marriage. Jimmy Evans, so accurately states "Your marriage will never rise above the level of your mouth." I regul...

In recent weeks we have been learning about how to handle situations in which someone in a church fellowship is engaged in ongoing wrong behavior. Matthew 18:15-17 says,"If your brother or sister sinsgo and point out their fault,just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'ev...

And Jesus said to them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they were amazed at Him.Mark 12:17 Even a casual observer of the socio-political landscape in America today cannot miss the fact of the growing rift between people on the two ends of the political spectrum. Those on the Left are drifting, or feel driven, to m...

July 3, 2015 The below was an excerpt taken from Desiringgod.org. ---------------- There has always been a "culture war" of one kind or another being waged in America. It is actually part of the design of the American Experiment and the exercise of democracy. And so there is certainly a place for Christians to participate in this exercise and advocate for our constituti...

Have you ever felt like God has something to say through you, but you felt like you don't have a voice? Have you ever felt like God has something to say through you, but you didn't have the confidence and courage to surrender to it? That's how I felt when I walked into the first class of Empower Proclaim. I knew God was leading me to use my voice, but I felt like I didn't ...

Philippians 2:3 (The Passion Translation) "Be free from pride-filled opinions, for they will only harm your cherished unity. Don't allow self-self-promotion to hide in your hearts, but in authentic humility put others first and view others as more important than yourselves. I'm guessing if you're like most of us, when you read the title "Your Husband's Mega-need" you ma...

The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.Lamentations 3:25 It has been said that they are advantages and disadvantages to both marrying young and marrying, shall we say, "older." There are many younger married couples at True Life, but we do have a few of the other kind. Kat and I would fall into the latter category. I'm writing this piece for...

the below was taken from Serrene's blog at Immovablerock.org This blog post is not meant to condemn, or frown upon anyone who misses church sponsored events. This blog post is a confession of my sin to the church.

He longs to gather us..... As I was listening to the message on Sunday, I was reminded of a story told to me many years ago when I was a young mom. This particular teacher often shared about animals ~ and since I am a lover of animals as well as children, they spoke to my heart and have stayed with me ever since. The photograph Chris shared of the hen gathering her chick...

When I heard last Sunday's message about our calling to be witnesses I found myself feeling challenged in a way I simply did not want to be challenged. That is the unfortunate truth and it has been this way for much of my Christian life. I hate being told to "step out of my comfort zone", to take risks in sharing the Gospel, to be willing to suffer in taking those risks. T...