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Love Your Enemy

Aug 12, 2021 | Inspiration

When we read what Jesus says about loving our enemies, it can be tempting to soften his words. Can we take this another way? Maybe he didn’t mean it! Unfortunately, he’s pretty clear. In Matthew 5:43-48, Jesus says to love our enemies and to pray for those who...

Basic Beliefs Matter

Aug 11, 2021 | Perspectives

BASIC BELIEFS OF SECULAR HUMANISM There is no God There is no devil The Bible is full of myths The universe is self-caused There is no such thing as sin There is no after-life judgment Gender is what you want it to be Heaven and hell are make-believe There is no such...

Are You Praying Like an Adulterer?

Aug 10, 2021 | Perspectives

“Unanswered” prayer always stings, but when we consider what God might be up to in his supposed silence, it can lessen some of that sting. Corrie ten Boom, who survived a Nazi concentration camp, said that any suffering becomes bearable when you know its purpose! God...

The Warrenton Declaration on Medical Mandates, Biblical Ethics, & Authority

Aug 6, 2021 | Featured

“The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.” –Psalm 103:19 Preamble With the rise of COVID-19 and all of the attendant ramifications, it has been incumbent upon the church to come to terms with what it believes related to the...

Why “Influencer Culture” Is Putting Your Child in Danger

Aug 6, 2021 | Perspectives

Emily scrolled through her Instagram feed entranced. Friends. Acquaintances. People she’d never met. All of them posting their latest grasp for approval, represented by that all-so-important number . . . likes. A guy named Ethan just posted a picture of himself posing...

Everyone…Called

Aug 5, 2021 | Missions

Without a doubt, being a child of God means being unique. Without a doubt, God made you for a purpose, and He wants to use your unique self to impact this world. How, then, can it be that every follower of Christ is called to the same thing? If we are all unique with...

Innovation Takes Courage

Aug 4, 2021 | Covid 19, Current Events, Respond to latest issue

What if there was an explosion of innovation in the church today? Imagine the effects of innovation on discipleship, community, racial reconciliation, hospitality, and giving! These are just some of the giants waiting for ministry leaders to tackle. These are outward...

First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament

Aug 3, 2021 | Inspiration

LONG AGO, IN THE TIME BEFORE ALL DAYS, before the beginning of all things, the Great Spirit created the spirit-world above and the earth below. At that time our mother earth was an empty wasteland with no form or beauty, and great darkness was over the face of the...

God’s Call to Welcome and Embrace The Addicted

Jul 30, 2021 | Perspectives

Drug addiction is killing people just like you and me: fellow image bearers of God who are moms dads, uncles aunts daughters and sons From February 2018 to February 2019 alone, 69,000 people died of drug overdoses. This problem has grown markedly worse during the...