Glad Tidings Church Muncie

Vishal Mangalwadi, Christian scholar from India once said, “Secularism acquired the ‘truth’ brand by default because evangelicalism began defining the Church’s mission as (just) cultivating faith, not (also) promoting knowledge of truth.” In the church’s attempt to emphasize the role of faith we have forsaken our responsibility to become the “pillar and ground of truth” (1 Timothy 3:15).  In...

The wise author wrote, “ Through wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established; By knowledge the rooms are filled With all precious and pleasant riches ” (Proverbs‬ ‭24:3-4‬.) The Apostle Paul said that in the last days, “ perilous times will come ” (2 Timothy 3:1). One of the great perils of our day is the cultural attack on the family. For this Mother's Day, Pastor Kevin unpack...

In part two of  Firstborn Over Both Creations,  Pastor Kevin’s message from Colossians 1:15-20, we will learn how Christ, through His resurrection made public His  eternally held status of preeminent Son of God  and revealed Himself to be the  fulness of God  in whom we find the answer to every need and the assurance of being made right with God.

Bible scholar N.T. Wright aptly writes, “ Indeed it is only in Jesus Christ that we understand what divinity and humanity really mean. ”  Pastor Kevin continues his series from Colossians with part one of the message, Christ—The Firstborn Over Both Creations and begins to explore how only in Christ can we truly understand who God IS and who God meant US to be, how everything and everyone owes...

Pastor Kevin completes the opening message from his series from Colossians, Jesus at the Center , by outlining the definitive and unchanging parameters of the Christian faith that is rooted and grounded in Christ.  We will learn that Biblical Christianity is a practical, understandable, and living faith that should engage the culture while at the same time revealing God’s will for the world t...

In the opening message of Pastor Kevin’s new series,  Jesus at the Center,  he will identity the most harmful theologies in today’s church, explain how, like the people of Colossae, we can be too easily “cheated” through the “empty deceit” of these philosophies, and will reveal the spiritual bankruptcy of these false teachings by comparing them to true biblical Christianity.

“ What’s past is prologue !” These are the infamous words of Shakespeare in The Tempest and they serve to remind us that what has happened in the past sets the stage for what will happen in the future. Never is this more true than in the resurrection of Christ from the tomb on that first Sunday morning! It’s His resurrection that assures our justification and gives certain hope that one day we wil...

John penned the immortal words, “And the Word became flesh!” (John 1:14). This act of supreme humility, the incarnation, when God became man, is at the very core of our profession and essential for our salvation. Jesus became human so He might spend that humanity FOR US!  The text is from John 12:20-28; Luke 22:39-45; Romans 8:31

Guest speaker Rev. David Wigington

Often we muse that when we get to heaven we plan to ask God certain questions OR we embrace the sentiment of the old Gospel song, We’ll Understand it Better By and By. But what reward will the realization of heaven really bring to the child of God? Pastor Kevin brings to a conclusion his series on eternal judgement and reminds us that Heaven is the confident hope of those who HAVE eternal life; He...

While the words of John Hannah are absolutely true, “No one who is ever in Hell will be able to say, ‘God you put me here,’ and no one in Heaven will ever be able to say, ‘I put myself here,’” still the fact remains that every believer, bound for heaven will be judged by Christ after death. This judgement is called the “Judgement (or Bema) Seat of Christ.” Pastor Kevin explores the parameters, cri...

Theologian J.I. Packer once wrote, “God is not just unless He inflicts upon all sin and wrongdoing the penalty it deserves.” This is the doctrine of eternal judgement—Hell. While 89% of Americans believe in Heaven, just 73% say they believe in Hell, and only 4% believe they will go there. Matthew, however, records the words of Jesus when he said, “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and...

There was a day in the evangelical church when sermons about both Heaven and Hell were commonplace. That day has passed. Much of the nation and in fact many in the Church, have either chosen to disregard the doctrine of eternal judgment or have come to doubt its reality. This weekend, in part one of his new four-part series, Pastor Kevin will discuss the NECESSITY of divine and eternal judgment an...

G.K. Chesterton wrote, “ The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult, and left untried. ” Join us this weekend as Pastor Kevin concludes his four-part series  I Would Rather be a Doorkeeper  and reminds us how incomprehensible it is to having once started pursuing the presence of God, to turn back. 

The psalmist, describing the pilgrim’s journey to Jerusalem where they would experience the presence of God, said “ they go from strength to strength ” (Psalm 84:7). This phrase could be summed up by saying, “ the closer the GOAL, the greater the PULL. ” This week, in part three of I Would Rather be a Doorkeeper , Pastor Kevin will discus how that the closer we get to truly knowing Christ intimate...

Living a lifestyle of pursuing God and longing for the manifestation of His presence in the community of God comes with both joys and struggles. In part two of Pastor Kevin’s four-part series from Psalm 84 , I Would Rather be a Doorkeeper , the serious struggles that befall one who pursues God’s presence will be discussed as well as the great blessing of God’s refreshing love and mercy that accomp...

It was Spurgeon who spoke of having a “holy appetite” for the presence of God and that appetite is reflected in the words of the psalmist, “I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God that dwell in the tents of wickedness” (Psalm 84:10). Psalm 84 and the presence of God will be our focus for the next four weekends.

In a prayer attributed to Sir Francis Drake, this powerful petition is found— Disturb us, Lord, when with the abundance of things we possess, we have lost our thirst for the waters of life; having fallen in love with life, we have ceased to dream of eternity; and in our efforts to build a new Earth, we have allowed our vision of the new heaven to dim . This weekend Pastor Kevin will conclude...

Phillip Brooks, author of the timeless Christmas carol, O Little Town of Bethlehem said this,  “Do not  pray  for easy lives;  pray  to be stronger men! Do not  pray  for tasks equal to your powers;  pray  for powers equal to your tasks! Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle. But you shall be a miracle!  This weekend Pastor Kevin will pre...

“Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays." - Soren Kierkegaard Pastor Kevin’s first series of 2021, It Starts with Prayer, is the kick-off for the 21 days of prayer and fasting that begins on Monday, January 4. This series will underscore the powerful role that prayer plays in the life of the believer and in the worship of the church and will focus on how prayer is the catalyst fo...

From Mark 7:24-30: we will look into the life of a mother determined to help her daughter and a loving God who is determined to capture our hearts!

While angels were central to the birth narratives of Jesus, first predicting Christ’s birth and later announcing it, Scripture indicates that they long to look into the glorious experience of humanity in response to the Gospel. In the final message of Pastor Kevin’s 2020 Advent series, he will give us a close up look at the  prophet’s search , the  preacher’s message , and the  ange...

The night Jesus was born in Bethlehem the angelic choir announced His birth to the hillside shepherds, and part of that heavenly declaration was the promise of  peace on earth! The truth, however, was that the broken world, filled with hate and fallen humanity, could not offer that peace. It could only come through the child born that night. Peace still eludes a hurting world and still, it ca...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote... “ The cross is not the terrible end to an otherwise God-fearing and happy life, but it meets us at the beginning of our communion with Christ.” This was the reality experienced by Simeon, the elderly saint who long-awaited the coming Messiah and rejoiced when his eyes were allowed to see Him. He knew that to embrace Christ meant to embrace the cross. Part two of Pastor...

Prolific Christian author Max Lucado wrote, Fear doesn't want you to make the journey to the mountain. If he can rattle you enough, fear will persuade you to take your eyes off the peaks and settle for a dull existence in the flatlands. Fear is the great paralyzer of so many Christians and never has fear been as prevalent as it is right now in 2020. In the final message to this series, Pastor Kevi...