Powerline Church

Faith is often misunderstood. God’s goodness and life’s problems seem contradictory, like oil and water. Let’s take a closer look at some inherent ironies of this “contradiction” and how they...

No matter how well we plan, we encounter problems. They pop up everywhere in life. We can’t seem to avoid them, hard as we try. But don’t lose heart, God’s “perfect...

Jesus’ resurrection so impacted His disciples that they were willing to follow Him even unto death as His witnesses. What happened there at that tomb that could revitalize our stale,...

As exemplified in Noah’s global Flood, the fear of judgment casts a long shadow into the New Testament, and rightly so. But what about Christians? Even many of them wrestle...

Where we begin will always determine where we end up. If we start with wrong assumptions, we will come to faulty conclusions. But this question has far reaching implications beyond...

No, this is not a series on relationships. It does, however, force us to see a relationship between our view of how old the earth is and our view of...

Criticism can come at us from many directions. Some is helpful; some is not. How do we handle those whose intentions are to harm? Does love…real love…ever draw lines and...

We tend to build “stages” that promote self; God desires to build for us a “platform” that promotes Christ. We need to understand the difference, but realize that the “platform”...

It is interesting to note that Scripture assures that faithful messengers bring refreshment and healing to their masters. This is because news is never neutral. Just turn on your TV....

It is not too hard to fall into the trap of our prayer time becoming an endless repetition of requests. We offer our prayer list up to God mechanically and...

We can become battle weary. After several attempts without success, we understandably tend to get discouraged. Why keep going? As David confronted Goliath on the battlefield, so as believers we...

As we discovered last week, Satan’s chief strategy in thwarting the advancement of God’s kingdom today is undermining what we believe about God. His second is breeding disunity in that...

It is nothing short of amazing when God delivers us out of very difficult situations. But how do we handle those times when God delivers us through those trials? We...

Not too many are aware of the battle scene at the Nativity. We gloss over the armies arrayed in conflict. We focus on the peace and goodwill, longing for this...

Sometimes as Christians we can tend to live in the shadows–the remote, the hidden. The truth of Jesus’ incarnation captures a truth that has the power to dispel this darkness...

As we fulfill the Great Commission to make all nations disciples, God promises to fill the earth with His glory. What is this and what significance does the gathering of...

God bless those poor souls who in conversations tend to share too much about a movie and give away the surprise ending. I say “God bless” because I am one...

What we believe about our future impacts our attitudes and actions, either positively or negatively. There is a prevailing view in the church today that believes things will only get...

How do believers walk victoriously through life’s struggles? And what does this mean? Deliverance from them? Freedom from their pain? Our answer must come to grips with the fact that...

It can be relatively easy for us to not feel very triumphant in life. Our failures can loom rather large. Yet God calls those who follow Him, His Elite Conquerors,...

The marketing media today wants to sell us on anything maximized: maximized health, maximized wealth, maximized success. And of course, it needs to become our next consuming passion in life,...

All parents pass on certain personal traits to their children. In similar fashion, God has birthed us as His children with full inheritance rights, possessing the potential to reflect Him...

After the war for Iraq, there were (are) pockets of resistance in the face of the freedom of the Iraqi people. Even so, after the decisive battle for our freedom...

Have you ever studied for a mid-term exam and thought you grasped all the principles only to find out afterward you hadn’t? How frustrating! Paul reviews eight principles he has...

“Killing My Old Man.” I was both horrified and admittedly curious what Petra’s (a Christian rock band in the ’80s) new album had produced. It revealed a timeless truth of...