A few years ago, I blissfully opened my acceptance letter to Boyce College in Louisville, Kentucky. I had asked God to allow me to go to Boyce for years. The answer to my prayers had come at last. The previous year, I had been going to Chattanooga State Technical Community College. However, I wanted to more »

“For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” Colossians 3:3   There is a cliché saying that we’ve all heard in movies or pop songs, and it is the exhortation to live like we’re dying. Now, there is some truth to this. There is a very real sense in which more »

Surrender. Here’s the definition according to Merriam-Webster: a : to yield to the power, control, or possession of another upon compulsion or demand b : to give up completely or agree to forgo especially in favor of another  To yield, to give up?! Why… even the thought is…un-American. I mean come on; we live in more »

I have been sitting in my chair praying, listening to the song “House of God, Forever” by Page, and wondering what I was going to write about the topic of surrender. There are many angles and stories I could give in my own life but there is a line in this song that states, “Your more »

  On Wednesday, we introduced you to Micah. He told us about the Bible study he has been leading with his peers. We wanted to share with you a little more about how his study works! Our hope is that you’ll be able to take some of the ideas here and implement your own study! more »

The Lord is faithful. About four years ago, He allowed me to see Himself in His Word through Inductive Bible Study along with rescuing me from my slavery to sin, and there starts my story. He allowed me a year and a half of growing in Him before He showed me a need for my more »

I looked up from doing dishes with my mom to see three young men in their early 20‘s huddled around my dad and my pastor. I was curious what was going on that was so important. As I listened in it didn’t take me long to figure out what was happening. My dad and my more »

  Leadership is something that I think about, read about, and talk about a good bit. In fact, it’s something that I think I’ve been gifted with (Rom. 12:6-8) to some degree by the Holy Spirit for the purpose of building up the Body of Christ (Eph. 4:12). God helped me to discover this gift more »

  I thought I knew a lot about leadership, then God called me to be a pastor. Sifting through all the things I thought I had to do in order to be a leader and develop leaders was almost like sifting through things on an episode of hoarders. It was overwhelming. Things had become cluttered, more »

What did I tell God?  I couldn’t believe my mouth had said it!  But I meant it!  I knew it, and more importantly, the LORD God knew my heart before I ever said, “I WON’T home school these boys unless You give me Your vision…I WON’T!”   I had home schooled my daughter for five years more »