Phil Ware continues his 'I Doubt It' series and reminds us that Jesus not only forgives and cleanses, but he restores and calls us back to ministry.
05/02/2017 by Phil Ware
James Nored and Phil Ware continue their messages on God's plan of redemption and how God longs to restore us to himself.
03/30/2017 by James Nored & Phil Ware
Max Lucado reminds us that we can ask God to both examine us and cleanse us; such is the grace of grace!
08/21/2016 by Max Lucado
Phil Ware shares his third post on The Question, Peter's confession of Jesus and how he had to be broken before he could really understand what his confession meant.
08/09/2016 by Phil Ware
Phil Ware shares part 2 in his four part series on learning to rest in Jesus and trust in the Lord's power to bless us and give us grace.
07/16/2016 by Phil Ware
Phil Ware begins a series of posts on our needing rest with Jesus and focuses on what we do when we have more to do than resources or strength and we don't have a rest time close at hand.
07/05/2016 by Phil Ware
Max Lucado reminds us of the importance of Jesus' power to change us and make us new and give us a new name -- he points to the apostle Paul, who was once Saul, the persecutor.
06/18/2016 by Max Lucado
David repented and asked for forgiveness. He was also restored to a life of purpose.
05/26/2016 by Steve Ridgell
Tom Norvell reminds us that as far as failure goes, Peter pretty much leads the way, but he also leads the way in turnarounds and being called back to significant ministry.
05/06/2016 by Tom Norvell
Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus' healing the man with Leprosy in Mark 1:35-45 and focuses in this post on Jesus' touch.
03/17/2016 by Phil Ware
Phil Ware begins an 8-part series on discipleship and following Jesus in caring for the hurt people of the world.
03/01/2016 by Phil Ware
Max Lucado reminds us that our life is made by what we choose to do with our character and our heart.
01/23/2016 by Max Lucado
Phil Ware reminds us that in a search for a new minister, especially a preacher or preaching minister, that we need to know our specific mission as a congregation.
10/05/2015 by Phil Ware
Phil Ware continues his series of articles on churches facing the challenges of the interim season and uses the imagery of high mountain climbing to help us appreciate the challenges.
09/28/2015 by Phil Ware
Phil Ware talks about finding our theological and missional mountains and how important it is to know them if you are going to call a minister with whom to partner.
09/14/2015 by Phil Ware
Phil Ware continues his Saved at Sea series focusing on Peter's denials, his promises, his arrogance, his failure, and his restoration.
08/17/2015 by Phil Ware
Phil Ware talks about the importance of rest and the Sabbath principle.
06/01/2015 by Phil Ware
Rubel Shelly reminds us about God's enfolding peace in the middle of life's worse storms and that this has been true for centuries.
05/16/2015 by Rubel Shelly
Mark Frost of Interim Ministry Partners shares insight on viewing the church through the lens of Acts and focuses today on the church being the living, breathing, embodiment or incarnation of Jesus to the world.
10/19/2014 by Mark Frost
Phil Ware continues his series on the value of woman in the eyes of God and how we incorporate that value into our belief system, roles, and treatment of women in our church culutures.
10/06/2014 by Phil Ware
Phil Ware uses a traffic incident and a crazy, cursing woman to help him make a point about blaming others rather than owning our sin and asking forgiveness for it through confession.
08/04/2014 by Phil Ware
My dogs just want to chase squirrels. What they don't realize is the danger that puts them in. They don't understand that the fence that seems restricting is actually something put there to protect them.
06/25/2014 by Tim Archer
Rubel Shelly uses the story of John Callender's failure and subsequent courage to remind us how to overcome the failure of our past.
04/25/2014 by Rubel Shelly
Phil Ware takes a weird note in his inbox and uses Johnny Cash and his comebacks to remind us that Jesus gives us the ultimate comeback, he forgives, purifies, and heals.
03/24/2014 by Phil Ware
Rubel Shelly talks about an airport delay that ended up in a blessed day alone with God focusing and praying on the things and people that matter most and being present with God in the quietness of the moment.
03/14/2014 by Rubel Shelly