Helping people find and follow God
When I think about a defining moment, I think about one of those crossroads of life type of decisions that can either make you or break you. Most of us will face a few of those in our lifetime, where we need to make a decision or when a decision is forced upon us. Those…
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I really like to control as much of my life as possible. I like to think that through careful planning and wise decision-making, I’ll successfully navigate myself and my family through the ups and downs of life. Now, that sounds really nice, but life doesn’t work that way, does it? Truth is, it’s actually been through…
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Like several Old Testament books, the author of the book of Esther is anonymous. The most interesting fact of the book is God is never mentioned by name. Like any great literature, I think this was done intentionally. The story of Esther invites us to look for God’s activity throughout the story because he’s there! …
Read MoreWe all have an internal operating system, whether we know it or not. It’s driving what we believe, how we live and what we pursue. These stories of pursuit come to us all day long in hundreds of ways including ads, tweets, music, and movies, among others. They are competing worldviews and opinions about who and…
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In 2009 an interesting book came out called, Hidden Worldviews: Eight Cultural Stories That Shape Our Lives. It is important because it exposes and uncovers many of the worldviews we live by that compete with the gospel of Jesus Christ in our lives. The authors call these worldviews “cultural stories” and make the case that…
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From the moment this poor man opened his eyes, breathed his first breath, and cried out for his mother’s milk, he was paralyzed and helpless. I wonder how saddened and disappointed his parents must have been? Honestly, it’s a miracle they kept their son alive and didn’t throw him out like garbage in the way most…
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For many Christians, we have been taught the gospel is like the “ABCs” of the Christian life and after you know the gospel, you are supposed to move on to deeper and more important things. Others believe the gospel is all about making that first faith decision, getting saved and ensuring your ticket to heaven.…
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Let’s talk a little about staff culture and leadership. How do you create a healthy staff culture? How do you define leadership when there are so many different opinions out there of what defines a GREAT leader? I believe it is more simple than we think. Leadership is all about influence. And the primary place…
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One thing that has made the last two years really hard for me is seeing and experiencing the divisiveness among Christians in the church of Jesus Christ, in our own church, and even in my extended family and friends. Political disruption and hostile opinions from both the right and the left continue to divide us.…
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When I bought my first car (a 1972 Impala!), I went out and bought a map. Remember those things? And whenever I got lost, I would pull over at a gas station, pull out the map and see where I was and where I was going. The problem was I often didn’t know where I…
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Pastor Rob Hall 