Wow! That’s a pretty powerful statement. I am a friend of God? But how can that be? How can I be His friend? Can an imperfect person like me be a friend to a God who I believe to be worthy of my worship? Is that even possible? This song is such a powerful statement for…
Discipleship is all the rave in the church these days. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of books on the topic. But which one of them is the right one? Which one of them is the proper way to go about making disciples and following the famous line from Jesus and make disciples of all nations? The simple…
Being a Monday morning it’s time for another song of the week. This one is a song that I really didn’t understand until I read the lyrics closely. The words are very easy to understand but maybe it’s because I only listen to the radio while driving with the sunroof open going down the highway….
The story of Scripture often addresses a specific issue or trouble. Listen this week as Pastor Derrick shares the problem Paul is addressing in the book of Ephesians. Check out the latest message!
While driving home from vacation a few weeks ago, I had the chance to listen to The Message on Sirius/XM. They were having one of their artist spotlights. As I listened to the story behind the song, I began to think that these songs all tell stories about our daily lives. For the next several…
Created in the image of God we’ve broken his creation. We need more than just a simple redecorating job. We need a complete rebuild, and that’s what we have in Christ. Listen as Pastor Derrick explains what it means to be RE-framed in Christ. Check out the latest message!
The New Testament contains many teachings of Jesus. Nestled in the teachings of Jesus is a call to his disciples, and to us today. There are three keys for us to understand about this call. Listen as Pastor Derrick shares these three key points to better live out our calling. Check out the latest message!
The news media lately has been focusing so much on the recent SCOTUS ruling regarding same-sex unions that there seems to be an increase in negative reactions and even hatred flowing throughout our nation. What happened to the time when we could have a disagreement and deal with it through a healthy conversation? What happened…
It’s all the buzz today. The phrase #lovewins, but do we really know what it means to have a winning kind of love? Listen this week as Pastor Derrick shares a little on what winning love looks like. Check out the latest message!
In the last post we dealt with bad choices and the effects they have on us at the core of our day-to-day lives. These bad choices can ostracize us and make us feel unworthy. And if that weren’t bad enough, it’s often difficult to live on the other side of that bad choice. This difficulty…
