We are and will continue doing the best we can to protect your kids when they are in our care. But there is a giant piece to this plan of protecting our kids, and that is YOU, the parent.

In Matthew 4, Jesus is led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by Satan. What I never noticed before, was how Jesus’ response to Satan might change how I prepare to fight temptations in my own life.

For some, the Christian life is an anxious and lonely one. Their "church" experiences, family realities, or circumstances don't necessarily reflect what is true of them in Jesus.

If you’re like me, we often sing along to worship songs but we don’t pause to ponder their meaning. The lyrics of “I See A King” (feat. Liz Vice) teach beautiful truths about King Jesus. Read more about how the words of this song cause us to rejoice in our good and mighty King!

When I finally agreed to take a look at the property, it was overwhelming, and I don’t mean in a good way. The building is huge and in its current layout it is one patient room after another after another after another. I didn’t even look at the whole building. It was too much and I couldn’t see any possibility for us there.

Relationships take time. They make us vulnerable to a myriad of dangers like rejection and pain. Finding those people that we connect with and building those lasting relationships is a struggle for so many of us in the world. Why should followers of Christ place a high value on relationships with other believers?

Are the youth in our church truly the future of the church? You may have heard before that the youth are the future of the church. But I don’t think that is actually true.

Friendships are designed to be an active part of our sanctification. Friendships should work like spiritual rock tumblers; we each have rough spots that godly friendships help to buff out until the rough areas are gone and we are shaped more closely to the likeness of Jesus.

One day Jesus is going to return. He’s going to fix everything that is broken. He will right all wrongs. Tears will be no more and pain will be gone. Death will be no more. Take a listen and be reminded of this truth.

It’s an odd concept to be homesick for a place we’ve never been. We feel unsettledness in our souls that we fill with experiences, things, achievements, etc., temporarily filling a longing that can’t be satisfied this side of eternity. We have a greater hope for what is to come - shouldn’t we get excited and long for that promise to be fulfilled?

If you have attended a parent-child dedication before, you know what a special time it is for a us a family. But if you stood and agreed to the covenant of partnering with and supporting parents in raising their children in the gospel, I hope you didn’t take it lightly!

The mood of our culture is "be true to yourself, find your truest self within, and you do you." Is this how God intended identities to be formed? Did God purpose that we would find our pleasure in ourselves, in the identities we came up with?