This summer we are taking a Deeper Dive into Wisdom. We are circling back and working through some of the big topics that Solomon speaks of often in His Manual for Living, the book of Proverbs. This is an important way to study Proverbs because Solomon throws so many different thoughts, great one-liner statements, and important life principles at us, that we don’t want to miss out, we want to be able to process and personalize as much . . . Read More »
Relaxing in Jesus
The Success Series Continues
The Reality Test
So last week we finished up our first series here in the Fire Hall on joy, which was a lot of fun if you ask me. We spent a lot of time looking at what joy is and what joy isn’t. We looked at where joy is found and where it is not found. We had a lot of fun looking at the Christmas story maybe from a brand new perspective where we saw that this God story . . . Read More »
How to Break Depression, Sin and Control
When you give your life to God, you have spiritual strength, God places it inside you. For the Kingdom of God is not just fancy talk; it is living by God’s power. NLT 1 Corinthians 4:20 God has given you His grace to wash away all sin, guilt and shame [Galatians 3:3]. When you walk with sin and shame and guilt, it’s exhausting and defeating. But, when you bring it to God, God washes it all away to . . . Read More »
How you know your faith is dead
It’s Christmas. Christmas is a celebration of when God entered earth in the form of a baby. What is remarkable about this story is that God didn’t hit the reset button. Sin was in the world. Things were getting worse. People rebelled against God. What does God do? He doesn’t hit the reset button. He does something that no one expected. He enters earth. He becomes fully human. He gives up His life for us. God could have . . . Read More »