Powerline Church

In Jesus’ teaching about the judgment of all the nations (Matt. 25), He focuses on what genuine faith has produced. What follows is a list of six things the righteous...

Both Jesus and John the Baptist encountered the tragedy of loss growing up. Both were shaped by it. Both became the greatest of heroes. Both died for their mission. Jesus,...

The Baby of Bethlehem wasn’t born just for certain people. The famous greeting card quote says, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given” (Is....

It’s amazing that Jesus was born in Bethlehem two thousand years ago. Many times, I’ve wished I could have experienced it all. But what’s equally amazing is the perfect timing...

The world “thirsts” for a remedy to the brokenness of this world and the resulting disconnect from our original God-given purpose. It knows something is wrong. It just can’t really...

Our perspective on life determines much for each of us. When we focus on magnifying our problems, God appears so small. Yet when we magnify our God and make much...

Being led by the flesh is a defeated lifestyle. Being led by the law is a powerless Christianity. But being led by the Spirit is altogether different. To help discover...

The world’s answer to sin is the law. But the law lacks power to restrain evil. God’s answer, however, is powerful. Today, let’s lean in to understand the place of...

Paul lays out for us several ways we can posture our hearts to be controlled by the Spirit. These will be key as we seek to walk in God’s Spirit...

Sin’s strangle hold on the believer has been broken. Unfortunately, this does not mean that sin cannot bully us and control us, should we yield to its power. Let’s begin...

As followers of Jesus, we can be led by the flesh, by the Law, or by the Spirit. Which one leads you will determine your many things in your Christian...

God’s desire is to work in His people and carry to completion what He began in them when they first trusted Jesus. Problem is, many stagnate. Their lives show little...

How do we effectively pray for those who have wandered from the Lord, the last principle we will be looking at in bringing back the strays? Jesus’ parable of the...

We continue our study in how we are to call those wandering from the truth back to the Lord, especially as they encounter questions and doubts. Though God commends our...

Most of us have had a friend or family member walk away from the Lord, from what is truth and life. It hurts as they drift into apathy and sin....

When we get past the mere mental nod to Christ’s charges to follow Him and engage our heart, and when we stop following the crowd just to fit in, God...

The vast majority of those who have left Christianity to disaffiliate with any sense of organized religion (“Nones”) comes from the liberal denominations, only to show their bankruptcy in truth....

Life is struggle from start to finish. And our culture’s attack on our faith makes it even more difficult. How we fight for our faith will in part determine our...

In a day in which there is so much uncertainty in jobs, business, people’s promises, marriage and finances, it’s refreshing to know the faithfulness of God. When he tells us...

There is a firm warning for followers of Jesus who turn away from the Lord. We are charged to remain in his kindness. How does Christ empower us to remain...

As a prophet to the nations, Jeremiah is tasked with delivering God’s warning to Israel about impending judgement due to their unrepentant ways. Despite facing severe persecution – beatings, imprisonment,...

The author of Hebrews challenges his Jewish readers to be weaned from the milk of the Word and go on to solid food which will produce maturity. He tells them...

How does a righteous man fall seven times but rise again as the proverbs says? How does he persevere and continue to the end? Taken from the parable of the...

There is perhaps no greater way to discern the devotion of the heart than money. As Scripture says, “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” The wise...

Since the advent of John the Baptist’s ministry, God has been calling upon His secret weapons for revival: fathers. Of course, mothers play a vital role in stirring up and...