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Today, we are finishing up the book of Acts. Here we are—2,000 years later—living out the mission of the entire book of Acts: telling others of Jesus Christ. The movement is alive and well, and there is nothing that can stop it.

Statistics show that more than 60% of people lose their temper at least once per week. This stat should get you angry because you know the other 40% of respondents are not being honest! Everyone has buttons that if pushed correctly amp up our emotions. These triggers have the ability to set one off on a path of destructive words, thoughts and behaviors. THE BIG IDEA: If you don’t define your anger...

Paul was finally able to take the gospel to Rome, but not before he almost died in a shipwreck out at sea. In our lives, we too, will face seemingly insurmountable circumstances. When we do, we’ll need to turn to God and trust that he is able to bring to completion that which he has called us to do.

Storms can be beautiful and scary. Storms bring problems but they don’t last forever. Some storms are avoidable, most are not. Storms are a part of life. God is with us in the storm.

This is not a call to rebel or fight healthy growth and discipline. This is a call to find your God-given personality, your God-given voice, and your God-given gifts and then unleash them on the world for God’s glory. You can only stay stealth for so long.

Becoming a Christian isn’t about praying a prayer, attending church, or being committed to God. The message of Christ is simple: God loved us enough to give His son, Jesus, to die for us. All He asks of us is that we place our trust in Him and He will give us eternal life.

We believe that everyone has the responsibility to invest in someone’s life who does not attend church and to invite them. Invest and Invite. Inviting them to oneChurch. Inviting them to hear your story, because all of us has a story.

Sometimes our fears keep us from sharing the message of Christ with those who have never heard. We must remember that God is in control, and we have been invited to participate in what He is up to. If we are to be fishers of men, we must ask God to enable us to have the courage to say something when an opportunity to share His love is given to us.

Why bother to try and convince people to accept Christ? Salvation is found in no one else but Jesus. As followers of Christ, we have to fish, because the message of salvation is not intuitive; It must be shared. In our culture, the idea of a Christian sharing his faith with a non-Christian makes a lot of people uncomfortable. Many non-Christians dread the thought of being assaulted and proselytize...

When Jesus called His first followers, He had very clear intentions: “I will make you fishers of men.” He didn’t mention making them better people or even saving them from their sins—although He did those things, too. But of all the things He could have emphasized, Jesus announced that His primary agenda for those who follow Him is to use them to introduce others to their loving heavenly Father. I...

There are few things worse than a long line, a waiting room, or being placed on hold. Yet, life often feels like a waiting room or like being stuck “on hold.” What do we do while we wait?

You want to be #ForClarksville, but honestly, it feels like life is #ForKickingYourButt. Like the old saying goes you’ve been life on, cheated, talked about, and mistreated. Have you been there? Are you there? If so, then you know better than anyone that life doesn’t resolve nicely like a courtroom drama.

Have you ever asked - "Why is this happening to me?", "How could they do this to me?", "I can't believe the lies that are being told about me?" If you live your life as a fully devoted follower of Christ, it can almost be guaranteed that you will utter one of those statements in your lifetime.

Have you ever found yourself punched in the face by life? Has your faith ever been kicked so hard that you didn’t think you could make it? What if it was possible to develop some spiritual toughness. What if you could walk with Jesus in such a way that you actually develop the resilience to bounce back from spiritual beatdowns?

To be arrested is to be seized, to be stopped right in your tracks, to be bound up by someone or something stronger. There is something that should seize us, stop us in our tracks, and wrap us up. It’s the cause of Christ that fuels our love, our service, and our quest for justice. Being arrested for self will always lead to failure.

Have you discovered that you are often better in the boardroom than in the living room? Are you better at YouVersion than you are being a better version of you? Have you ever been your own worst enemy?

We live in a celebrity and success saturated culture. We equate winning with the pursuit of stuff, status, and sex. We hustle, but what are we hustling for?

The way of God is least appealing when we are angry, isolated, or afraid. That’s when we consider things we would never otherwise consider. When the feces hits the fan we feel compelled to do something...anything. But maybe there’s a better way.

David went from humble shepherd to national hero to great king. But he wasn’t great because of his reputation or military prowess. He was great because of where he’d learned to place his hope. He was great because he was intentional. We can learn to follow his example.

We will never be ENOUGH- so we must run to the ONE who is our ENOUGH. When God looks at us He sees that we are Holy, made right, forgiven, complete, chosen, accepted and dearly loved. And there is not one of these areas of that we will ever be able to accomplish on our own. We must surrender what is out of our control to the ONE who is in control. To our Great God. He has all of the wisdom, all of...

For so many years the voice has been in my head: I am not enough. Is it possible you hear that same voice? Maybe your struggle with feeling enough stems from a pain of never feeling you ever won the love and the acceptance of a parent. Or maybe you feel like you’re not enough because of someone of the opposite sex made you feel worthless. Whatever the reasons of your past that keep you feeling not...

All too many of us struggle under the weight of life, convinced we need to work harder to prove to ourselves, to others, and to God that we are good enough, smart enough, and spiritual enough to do the things we believe we should. Sometimes we are our own worst enemy. But make no mistake, we have another enemy that longs to tear us down—to steal, kill, and destroy us. If I were your enemy, this is...

There’s a tension every one of us faces. We say we love God, but we don’t honor Him with our money. We live in a culture where an increasingly larger portion of what we have is being spent on things that have no impact on God’s purposes. Great stewardship requires being in a position where everything we have is at His disposal.

The people we engage with—as well as those we avoid and judge—reveal a great deal about our hearts condition. With more people open and searching spiritually, are we willing to invest in other people's lives by spending time with them and start to dialogue with them about God? You have the power to change the trajectory of someone’s entire life. All it takes is an invitation.

Every relational connection in our life is built on conversations. The deeper the conversation, the deeper the relationship. In Colossians, Paul suggested that we leverage this approach beyond our marriage, friendships, and parenting, by bringing this principle into our interactions with everyone—including those who don't believe what we believe. This is how Christians can be wise in the way you a...