What Makes a Good Marriage Story – Part 1

(The posts in this series have been adapted from the “Relentless Love” marriage seminar, created and taught by David McKinley and Bret Legg at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Dallas, TX.) Whether it’s War and Peace or Green Eggs and Ham, everyone loves a good story.  Children ask for them at bedtime, people tell them at work, individuals troll for […]

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. – Acts 2:21 The essential message of the Book of Acts is about the effect of the Holy Spirit’s arrival on a group of people who would be called “the church,” and their place in God’s […]

The Power to Go There

At Pentecost believers were baptized with the Holy Spirit (Acts 2), and today when a man, woman, boy, or girl accepts Jesus as Lord and Savior, that same baptism occurs. The Holy Spirit takes up residence in the new believer, fully immersing them in Christ. Think about how a pickle becomes a pickle. For a […]

January 20, 2016

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. – Acts 1:8 As followers of Christ, we believe the Gospel transforms and shapes our lives, compelling us to live out […]

Let’s Go There

Becoming a disciple of Christ is more than a one-time acknowledgement of Jesus as Savior and Lord. Becoming a disciple of Christ means that we live like Him, love like Him, serve like Him, and tell others about Him. We simply must “Go There” with those around us and make the most of our time […]

How To Deal With Interrup…

Everyone gets interrupted. It happens every day. You start to do something and you get a call from that telemarketer you’re so fond of. You sit down at your computer to begin working and your email begins to ding as if you’ve just hit the jackpot on a slot machine in Vegas.  You’re getting one child ready […]

January 12, 2016

And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And […]