Surprised by suffering

The Lord is gracious and astounding. He knows when things are difficult and he said that he would not leave us to do this alone. So as we go through cancer treatment with Phil and we deal with Donovan’s recent death, we get given a great resource of truth. Use this opportunity to discover more

A treasure of delight

Walking daily with the idea that we are Christians becomes a way we go about our day.  We awaken and go through our quiet time and praise God for the sunset, but there may just come those moments of question. How much loving him and praising him is enough? The internal chatterbox gets wound up

Painful pessimism doubtful

Thomas, a man often labeled as “doubting”, but are we really sure that is an appropriate label for this fella? He just may have been a better man than the legend makes it out to be. It probably is fair, however, to say that Thomas was a somewhat negative person. He was a worrywart. He

Ring in the new year

Ring in the new year with an evening of food, fellowship and worship in a safe environment! There should be no reason you should be alone or be in a bad location tonight. There will be a gathering at Christ Community Church tonight starting at 8:30 p.m. I know that there will be some great

See you this Saturday!

We are back at it again this Saturday, December 21 at Panera Bread in Columbus, GA. If you need a break from all the shopping action; if you are sick of the holidays and/or if you just need to connect with some guys, come join us… Panera Bread Whitesville Rd. (behind Publix off Bradley Park

Released from the Law, Bound to Christ

Romans 7:1-6 1 Do you not know, brothers and sisters—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives? 2 For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband

The Order of Salvation

I was studying this morning and ran across a very helpful and clear section of doctrine and thought it we be good to share.  We hear and talk about salvation and we think it is straight forward, or at least our belief and idea of it anyway.  The following is a section of truthful foundations

A buzz to persuade

I was reading today about the section in Romans chapter 5 where it talks about how no one would die for a righteous man, but they might think about it for a good man. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— –

Humility, true, false or dangerous?

Distinguishing True Humility from Its Two Extremes: False Humility and Pride False Humility [thinking poorly of oneself, low self-esteem, feeling inferior] True Humility [lowly of heart – not arrogant or boastful, ready to serve, teachable] Pride [vain glory, being conceited, feeling superior, arrogant] Self-defeating mind-set and poor self-image, evaluating oneself too negatively – I’m a failure,

Reviewing 1-4

When we are on a long journey, sometimes it is wise to pull over, reflect, rest and rejoice of the progress we have made. We have taken over a month to get to chapter 5, and there has been significant material covered during our meetings. This week we reflect on some of the highlights and