6 Reasons to Attend Church

The simplest and most basic thing Christians do, is to attend a local church. Yet, many Christians are just plain stubborn when it comes to obeying God's command to gather with the called out assembly. Here are 6 positive benefits of WHY all Christians should attend a good, bible-believing church.

Family Fellowship

The world is fast-paced. As a result, it's easy to get busy doing all types of things and forget to carve out time for family. Time together not only creates memories, but allows time to re-connect, which strengthens the family bond. It's really as simple as: * Eating a meal together.

None of the above

It's easy to answer questions, when the available answers come in the form of multiple-choice. Much of our lives is made up of multiple choice. For example, the menu at a restaurant is a form of multiple-choice. When the waiter comes to your table and asks, "What can I get

Laziness vs Perfectionism

The lazy person isn't much different than the perfectionist. Both are procrastinators, who use different excuses to delay getting starting on important jobs and projects. Both fear failure. The lazy person uses laziness as a "defense mechanism" to avoid potential failure. The perfectionist is simply afraid the job won't be

House fires

The fire department will courageously show up if someone's house catches on fire. However, the fire department is able to protect more lives by teaching families how to reduce the risk of house fires through fire safety education and prevention. In like manner, when someone's home is being spiritually torched

Water Baptism is for Believers.

The lesson below explains why water baptism is for believers, not for salvation. You'll also learn what water baptism symbolizes, and why water baptism is NOT the one baptism that is spoken about in Ephesians 4:5.

Taking notes in Church

Taking notes during church-services can greatly help someone to pay attention more fully during a sermon. It creates a "system" that allows someone to remember what's been taught, because they've documented what's been said. It also makes an allowance to quickly go back and review what's been preached. This gets

Patience, but how?

The Bible says, let patience have her perfect work. But HOW? For one, spend time focused on the present, rather than worrying about the future. Also, that traffic delay or the extra time spent waiting may have been the right opportunity to quietly pray for those on your prayer list.

Be Still

Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: It's easy to create a sense of commotion by filling a church house with enough people that make enough noise. If there's enough noise, and if the music is loud enough, the sensory overload will sell THE EXPERIENCE to

10 False Views of the New Apostolic Reformation

The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) is one of the fastest-growing false Christian movements in America. To help warn and teach the body of Christ, I've put together 10 of their major doctrinal errors. 1. Apostolic Authority: The NAR believes that God has restored the office of the apostles as the

Dust yourself off, try again

If athletes can dust themselves off and try again when they lose, don't you think Christian's should be able to do the same? When Christians witness to unsaved people, sometimes they are shrugged off or told off. When that happens, it doesn't mean it's time to quit. It also doesn't

Raise the Bar

Do you want to be the one who is influential to others for lowering the standard of what it means to live as a Christian? Or, do you want to be influential for compelling those around you to raise the bar, and live more fully for Christ. In pole-vaulting, they

God requires Love

God doesn't require intellectual knowledge or perfection for his children to fellowship together. However, he does require LOVE. We are taught of God to LOVE ONE ANOTHER. We are to LOVE ONE ANOTHER with a pure heart fervently. We are to owe no man any thing, but to LOVE ONE

Are we really a Christian nation?

65% of American's "identify" as Christian. But is this really true? This eye-opening sermon will share some sobering statistics, concerning the real state of affairs of so-called Christians in America.

A sense of urgency

The Golden Age of railroads spanned from 1880 through the 1920's. It was when traveling by train was popular. Along with a purchased train ticket, also came the sudden sense of urgency to arrive on time for the scheduled departure time. Most of us can picture in our mind what

The Baptism of Jesus

This lesson explains Jesus' water baptism by John the Baptist. If you're looking to understand why Jesus was baptized in water, this lesson will give you several biblical reasons why.

The preacher must study

A dedicated scientist could end up in a 10-year research project, that has one single focus. Some professional athletes practice 1-part of their game for an entire season, in an attempt to improve their overall performance. A good writer might study a topic for 2 years before completing their book.

New every morning

If it wasn't for the renewing mercy and compassion of our Lord, life would have beaten us down and gotten the best of us a long time ago. Give Him praise this morning. Lamentations 3:22-23 It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions

Time for a commercial break

Thirty minute television shows will usually break for commercials about every 8 minutes. Only if the show you're watching is worth it to you, will you stick around, and continue watching, after the commercials have finished. Only if you value the "characters" on the show, and "care" about what happens

Join Us: Invest in Your Family

Our 1st Annual Family Camp is coming up on October 7-10. We are describing it as an investment into your Christian family! You can call it a family vacation if you like, but it's designed to be MORE than just that. It's designed to be an investment of quality time

It's time to RUN

Here are 4 dead giveaways, you're in the wrong local church, and it's time to RUN as fast as you can away from it. When you visit a local church and the pastor is a woman, it's time to RUN! Additionally, if the co-pastor is a woman, who just happens

Narrow vs broad

Be narrow, not broad. For example: a narrow-minded business is the Chinese restaurant that specializes in sushi. They have a 1-page menu, where the artistic culinary craft of sushi is displayed to be made fresh to order for their customers. They don't need a 6-page menu. They don't need to

Believe whom?

A man was talking with DL Moody, and said to him, “I want to be a Christian, but I cannot believe.” Moody questioned him by asking: “Believe what?” The man simply responded by saying: “Well, I just cannot believe.” “Believe whom?” asked Moody. “Well, I cannot believe in myself.” replied

A short list of recommended Christian books

Here is a short list of some of the books I've read over the past 24 yrs, since being regenerated by the saving power of God's marvelous grace. Some are heavy reading, some are easy reading. Some will bring you to tears, others will bring you to your knees in

Win Christ

Philippians 3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, Paul, who is saved by the