Sometimes in life we go through struggles. Times get difficult and we are overcome by the challenges all around us. Loved ones die, illness hits too close to home, job loss, friends leave us, marital problems, children choose a path that is unhealthy – these all cause the storms of life to seem at times,…
It’s true that Jesus is the savior of the world. It’s true that his death and resurrection are critical for us to preach and teach. But there’s more. Jesus not only came to secure our future salvation but he came to impact our present as well. Listen this week as Pastor Derrick shares a little…
This world has enough trouble to make even the strongest person cower in fear. From the political unrest to the economic ebbs and flows that bring financial concerns to just about everyone – there is no rest for the weary. It seems that everywhere we turn there’s another reason for us to be afraid. Just…
Throughout our lives we’re tempted with prideful thoughts and actions. We think we deserve better than we have received. We pat ourselves on the back when we’ve accomplished something great. It’s way too easy to think we are the best or that we’re having good things withheld from us unjustly. Listen as Pastor Derrick shares the challenges…
It’s easy at times in our lives to be discouraged but there’s a great reason for hope in this life. There are all kinds of statistics that cause great fear in the lives of the people of the church. In North America roughly 4000 churches close each and every year, while only 1000 new ones…
We’ve all heard the word and undoubtedly we have some image in our minds when we hear this word. Some of us think a large church building on a Sunday morning typically around 10am that meets for an hour. We hear a wonderful pipe organ. We’re sitting in hard wooden pews that are anything but…
Trying to understand the Trinity is a pretty deep topic. If we try to get it, we’ll likely at best mess it up and at worst say something pretty heretical. We try to draw word pictures and find great illustrations but they all fall short somewhere. This week Pastor Derrick shows the importance of the…
It seems like our lives are getting busier and busier. No matter how fast you move, it’s just hard to keep up much less get ahead at all. It’s coming up on vacation season and you know what that means right? You have to work twice as hard to prepare to be gone. Then you’ll…
We often find ourselves empty. We try and try but seem to be getting no where in life. This week we approach life from a different vantage point. We come to a place where we realize that even when we feel empty, we’re really not. There’s a spring of life in us. Listen as Pastor…
Yesterday was a pretty big day in the church. If you’re a Jesus follower, then hopefully you heard mention of something called Pentecost yesterday. The long and short of Pentecost is that it was the time when God gave us his Holy Spirit. The disciples were in a house when a breeze blew through the…
