Glad Tidings Church Muncie

"Doubting Thomas" is what we often call him, but does Thomas, also called Didymus, meaning "twin," really deserve that tag? He is the Follower of Jesus that we will discover this Sunday, as Pastor Kevin continues his series "Following Jesus." We will learn how Thomas, though at the first he seemed to question, became the disciple who may have taken the cross most seri...

John, the brother of James, was one of the first disciples that Jesus called. Called to follow Jesus away from his fishing vocation, John became one of the twelve disciples and part of the inner-circle of three along with Peter and James. Despite his calling and privilege, John was a very flawed Christ-follower. This Sunday as Pastor Kevin continues his series, Following Jesus , he will be focusin...

The ladies that went to the tomb of Jesus on that first Easter morning did not go there expecting a resurrection. In fact, the whole notion of resurrection caused them to be skeptical. But Jesus met their skepticism head on and when they left the garden tomb that day they had been transformed. Join us Easter Sunday for part two of Following Jesus , as Pastor Kevin discusses the eternal impact that...

A heart that embraces OBSCURITY without complaint, a determined commitment to act in OBEDIENCE even when the plan of God cannot be understood, and a willingness to take OWNERSHIP of God's calling. These were the qualities of the two forgotten followers of Jesus that first Palm Sunday and will be the subject of this week's message, the opening message of Pastor Kevin's new series, Follo...

We are in such a hurry today -- unwilling to wait, too undisciplined to be patient, and too often failing to grow. To many the thought of slowly growing and patiently watching for the coming of Christ is scandalous. But the implications if we do not, are devastating. This is the subject of the final message of Pastor Kevin's series, Grow in Grace . Join us Sunday as we hear from 2 Peter 3:11-1...

New Testament scholar Douglass Moo writes, "The Christian must always live with the expectation that human history may suddenly come to an end." Join us Sunday as Pastor Kevin shares his next message in the series Grow in Grace and tackles significant issues surrounding the coming of the Lord. Why does it seem that the coming of Christ is delayed? What does that delay signify? And, how d...

Theologian Marva Dawn writes these challenging words, "As our culture has worked hard to establish equality among persons, we've somehow put God into that parity and gradually reduced our sense that this is a breathtakingly transcendent GOD that we are talking about." Join us Sunday as Pastor Kevin explores how this holy God is at work in our world every day and what the implications...

This Sunday Pastor Kevin will continue his series from 2 Peter, and will deal specifically with attitudes, characteristics, and motivations of end times false prophets and the great threat that they pose. The Church must engage the world in this crucial hour. Join us Sunday for Pastor Kevin's exposition of 2 Peter 2:10-22 and his message, We Cannot Be Silent.

This Sunday Pastor Kevin will continue his series from 2 Peter,  Grow in Grace  by dealing with the present reality of cultural godlessness and the clarion wake-up call to the Church today. 19th century Catholic theologian Cardinal Newman wrote, “Our great security against sin lies in being shocked at it. When that is gone, we are in danger of no longer being distressed by it.” Join us Sunday as w...

While different opinions on certain biblical issues should be expected and embraced, as Douglass Moo writes "... it is fatal to allow complete tolerance on every issue that comes along. Christianity would be evaporated of its essence and consist of little more than a vague reference to God." Join us this Sunday as Pastor Kevin continues his series from 2 Peter, Grow in Grace , and explor...

The coming of Christ is not a message rooted or anchored in myth, but rather grounded in a historical event and the certain authority of God's Word. This will be the focus of Pastor Kevin's message next Sunday, part four of his Grow in Grace series from a study through 2 Peter. Join us Sunday as we learn about Christ's coming in the message, Without a Doubt.

This Sunday, in part four Grow in Grace from 2 Peter, Pastor Kevin will focus our attention toward the steadfast and unchanging truth of God's Word. The concern God in Scripture and with Peter in his second letter, is not that truth will not be known -- but that it will not be remembered. We must reflect upon it often! Join us this Sunday for Established in Truth .

This is not a call to make New Year's resolutions, but is a challenge to make 2024 the very best year of spiritual growth and fruitfulness. It will not happen unless you, as Peter writes, "Make Every Effort."

Christian Missionary Alliance founder, A.B. Simpson said this: “ We are so content at the old level that God often has to compel us to rise higher by bringing us face to face with situations that we cannot meet without much greater measures of His grace. It is as though He had to send a tidal wave to flood the lowlands where we dwell to compel us to move into the hills beyond .” Spiritual maturity...

Diligence is the key theme of Peter’s final words found in his second letter to the believers dispersed because of persecution. His letter was urgent because he knew that his death was imminent, and for that reason, he chose this theme. His urgent words still speak to us today. In a culture that is rife with moral deterioration and all too often, spiritual hopelessness. Peter points us to hope tha...

With special guest Pastor Scott

When the angel said to Mary, “ Are you willing to believe the impossible ?” Mary said, “ Yes I am !” Without that “ yes ,” there would be no Christmas. The miraculous birth of Jesus to His mother Mary will be the subject of Pastor Kevin’s message on Christmas Eve, and the final message in this year’s Advent series. Christmas is still filled with miracles, but someone must say “ yes ” to the imposs...

Besides Jesus, there may be no more important miraculous birth recorded in Scripture than that of John the Baptist, born to Zechariah and Elizabeth in their old age. John’s life and birth will be the focus of Pastor Kevin’s 3rd message in this year’s Advent series,  Miraculous Births in the Shadow of the Manger.  This miracle birth serves to remind us that  God’s promises will never go unfulfilled...

Samuel was another judge of Israel, miraculously born to his barren mother.  He spent his later life working to finish properly the work that King Saul had failed to do, yet even after completing the work, its ultimate fulfillment would not be realized immediately. This week, in the second message of the Advent series,  Miraculous Births in the Shadow of the Manger,  Pastor Kevin will explore Samu...

“For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”  These were the words of the angel to the barren wife of Manoah, promising the birth of a son—the one who would be a judge of Israel, named Samson. While a message about Samson may se...

We cannot fake running the spiritual race. Our weaknesses will become apparent, our neglect unveiled, and sin will be exposed if we fail to run faithfully. This is the focus of Pastor Kevin’s message Sunday—the final message in the  Sufficient  series from 2 Corinthians. Three lurking dangers of our culture will be identified and we will be  challenged to honestly appraise our spiritual condition....

The notion of “ tolerance ” has become a cultural obsession and more often than not, the Church is left without a response. In the 11th chapter of Paul’s 2nd letter to the Corinthians, he lays out three crucial principles that can help us navigate the slippery slope of tolerance and the pitfalls that seek to ensnare us along the way. Join us for Pastor Kevin’s message,  Dangerous Tolerance ,  the...

Pastor Rico Tice wrote , “Success is hearing, ‘Well done’ from the only lips that matter. Failure is being successful at the  things that don’t truly matter at all.”  As we return to 2 Corinthians this week, Pastor Kevin will address the lurking danger of pride and indifference when we focus on others rather than ourselves. His message titled  We Dare Not , will warn us against the danger of   rou...

“Darkness is my closest friend” —these were the words of the Psalmist.  “ Everywhere the perpetual endeavor of the enemy of our souls is discouragement. If he can get the soul ‘under the weather,’ he wins. It is not really what we go through that matters, it is what we go under that breaks us. We can bear anything if only we are kept inwardly victorious .” These are the words of Amy Carmichael in ...

Guest Pastor Robby Bradford presents the third week of our Kingdom Builders Missions Emphasis, What Loves Does.