The first target for iMOVE, our three year strategic plan is “iMOVE continually along the path to spiritual maturity in Jesus Christ.” That target is all about being a disciple or follower of Jesus. But what does that mean? How can we know if we are disciples or not? Lesson one ... Continue

The word “church” is not found in the Old Testament. The Old Testament speaks of a “holy people” and a nation set apart for God. But the very first person to use the word “church” in the Bible is Jesus. He is the one who initiated the church. And, in ... Continue

Our culture values star power. People tend to look up to those who occupy the spotlight: the famous and the fortunate: superstars. Thus far in our GOD CAN series we’ve been looking at how God used several heroes of the faith to accomplish His will; people like Moses and David. ... Continue

I am not an expert on things like how to set odds for sporting events. I have no idea which teams are favored in the upcoming NFL games. I do know what commentators say when a team that wasn’t given any chance to win overcomes the odds and comes out ... Continue

The episode described in chapter 14 of Exodus is one of the most famous events in the entire Old Testament. It is certainly the climax of the period of the Exodus. It is mentioned again at least two dozen times throughout the Old Testament and several times in the New ... Continue

How would you define “success” and “failure”? Stories abound of people who are successful in some area of life but who fail in some other area. Examples like celebrities who struggle with addictions or exhibit atrocious behavior pop up with regularity as do stories of people who are successful in ... Continue

Humans have searched for the secrets of the beginnings of the universe for a very long time. It seems that every time a new discovery is made, we are told that the experts hope to gain new insights into the origin of the universe. Well, Genesis 1:1 reveals the secrets. ... Continue

Merry Christmas! Have you ever noticed that sometimes things happen in life that we didn’t expect? You just didn’t see them coming. Some things aren’t so good – hitting a deer with your van, for instance. I sure didn’t see that coming. Other things can be quite good- like falling ... Continue

Deep within we long for some white space at Christmastime. However, most of our lives get covered up with so much “stuff” that we don’t really have time to get it all done. We run at a frantic pace but it seems like the faster we try to go the ... Continue

This year during Christmastime we are thinking about margin. Last week we learned that margin is the white space in our lives. We talked about building margin into our holiday celebrations and how we need to learn how to choose from among all the GOOD things we could do to ... Continue