Ring of Truth

As Christians, we are to love one another. But sometimes, the people we care about can cause us harm. If you find yourself in this situation or know someone in it, you understand how hurtful it can feel. In the Bible, Jesus was betrayed by one of His closest friends. And, despite knowing that His disciple would betray Him, Jesus loved and served Judas. So, how should we handle betrayal? Today, Pas...

In our world, getting caught up in social status comes easy. A society that floods us with messages telling us happiness comes from having more money, more power- more everything. But the truth is, all of those things are temporary. They will eventually fade away or be left behind when we die. What matters is our relationship with Christ. And in today’s message, Pastor Dan reminds us that God is t...

Have you ever had that feeling when you get something you don’t deserve? That’s what it’s like to receive the love of Jesus Christ. Because we’re born into sin, we don’t deserve His love or grace. But because He loves us, He blesses us with it. When we give our life to Jesus, we don’t just receive His forgiveness but accept a new identity in Christ. And in today’s message, Pastor Dan tells you tha...

Do you ever feel beaten down by the world? Do you ever get discouraged? Do you think the powers of darkness may prevail in your life? God is more powerful than anything that comes against you! No power on earth or from the spiritual realm can defeat God and His church. In his message today, Pastor Dan will encourage you by reminding you that God will be victorious. You can trust and stand firm on...

Jesus was simply one of many wise, spiritual teachers in history. Jesus was a prophet. Jesus was crazy! Jesus was a hoax. Just like there was in Jesus’s own time, there are many opinions in our world today of who Jesus is, but there’s only one view that is true. Today in his message, Pastor Dan will encourage you to hold tightly to the truth of who Jesus actually is. He is the Son of God, who died...

Do you ever feel like you’re just going through the motions of your faith? Have you lost a little of your passion for Jesus? It’s something that can happen so easily. In his message today, Pastor Dan will challenge you to be on the lookout for the times when your faith is feeling like a routine. Like yeast spreads through bread, little by little a disregard for your spiritual journey can spread in...

Is your lack of Biblical knowledge keeping you from sharing your faith? Do you think you need to understand the whole of Christian theology before you can tell someone about Jesus? No, you don’t! All you need to do is share what Jesus has done for you. Today in his message, Pastor Dan will share about a man who didn’t have any answers to theological questions, but he had the story of what Jesus ha...

If you want to get stronger, you need to discipline yourself with a workout routine. If you want bigger muscles you need to work at it regularly. Do you work on developing your prayer muscles? Today, in his message, Pastor Dan will show you an example of Jesus helping to push someone to grow her prayer muscles, and what a great example of perseverance it is! God may not answer your prayer the firs...

Does God stop caring about you? It’s an interesting question because sometimes it can feel like God has left you alone to deal with your sins, but he will never stop caring about you. No matter how far gone you are, no matter how bad you feel like you’ve messed up, God will always be there when you call on Him. Today, Pastor Dan is going to remind you that even though God might let you mess up, He...

Are you using God as an excuse for unbiblical behavior? It can be dangerous to misuse the word of God. Phrases like “we’re married under God’s eyes” or “God knows my heart” can become justifications for you living in sinful behavior. Just because you follow one part of the bible doesn’t mean you get to turn the other way to the parts you don’t agree with. In today’s message, Pastor Dan is going to...

Have you ever felt like you’re not equipped to do what God has called on your life? Well, you aren’t! Today, Pastor Dan is going to remind you that Jesus is the one who equips you to do ministry. Everybody wants to sin by nature, and nobody wants to follow God. You have to choose to follow Him. You’re going to feel like you aren’t worthy of His love, but you are. God doesn’t ask for a lot, He just...

Are you standing up in the face of cancel culture? It’s easy to say one “wrong” opinion and get yelled at over social media, or looked down upon because you stood up for your beliefs. Maybe it’s the fear of losing your job, losing your relationship, or looking like the odd one out. It’s hard to stand up for beliefs that the world thinks are wrong, but don’t live in fear! God will protect you and g...

Am I the only one that’s ever been so familiar with a route I drive every day that I actually miss a turn due to daydreaming? I never thought of familiarity as being dangerous before. But it can cost time and energy. Maybe even mental and emotional strain. Pastor Dan explains today that the ultimate price tag could be one’s own salvation. You see, the people of Nazareth watched Jesus grow up as a...

God knows what we go through and He’s experienced similar situations to what we’ve walked through. Now, this may be old news for some, while new news for others. But today’s teaching from Pastor Dan brings a fresh reminder of the steadfastness of Jesus for those that believe in Him. Many were surprised and questioned His teachings. Thankfully, the number of times they rejected Jesus didn’t equal t...

How do you say I love you? Do you use words like these? Or maybe you use a combination of words and actions? Perhaps just actions? Imagine a man selling all he had to FINALIZE a purchase. Envision Jesus PAYING with His life, therefore procuring a relationship that could compare to NO OTHER! So that you and I could experience Heaven. Because we’re that important to Him. Jesus wanted to be with us t...

Talk about a little bit of chaos! If you’ve ever had another moving, breathing thing in your house that doesn’t belong, you know what I’m talking about. It can be quite the scenario, can’t it? At least until it’s out of the house. This is also true when it comes to people who discredit and distort God’s truth. Before anyone really realizes it, seeds of confusion are sown. And questions threaten lo...

Do you long to do right in God's eyes? Does your heart ache when you hurt God? Pastor Dan, today, explains the difference between the people of God's Kingdom and those who only pretend to be of God's Kingdom. Both confess to following Jesus. Both acknowledge that God is supreme. But the true believer seeks to live God's law, while the pretender seeks ways to get around it. From the beginning, Sata...

Are you wheat, or a tare? Are you a Christian in name only? Today, Pastor Dan teaches us the difference between a true believer and one who pretends to be a believer, by using Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. Wheat and tares look the same, but the wheat produces a crop, and the tares don't. The wheat practice God's Word and the tares practice lawlessness. The wheat hates sin, while the t...

Did you hear that? You decide what kind of reception your heart gives to the Gospel message. What kind of heart do you have? Pastor Dan, today, teaches us about the four ways we receive Jesus’ gift. Is our heart so hard that we reject the gospel outright? Or is our heart open to the gospel at first, but rejects it when others ridicule us? Did our heart accept Jesus, but then it chases other things...

Have you heard the Gospel and refused it? Do you figure that God's morally good and I'm morally good, so God will accept me into Heaven? Today, Pastor Dan implores us to hear Jesus' warning. If we willfully close our eyes and ears and ignore the Gospel, then God will remove the small amount of spiritual sight, hearing, and understanding we have. These are strong words. This is a strong warning. Le...

We have easier access to the Gospel than ever before in history, yet it seems like we’re moving farther and farther away from Christianity in our culture and throughout the world. What’s going on? While Satan has ultimately lost the war for this world, he’s fighting hard to take as many people as he can with him. He knows the pain it causes to God’s heart, and He’s battling with everything he has...

What’s man’s greatest need? World peace? To stop hunger? Equality for everyone? Those are certainly nice ideas, but all of them, along with any other problem that burdens humanity, arise out of the brokenness of our hearts. That brokenness is because of our sin against God. As Pastor Dan will explain in today’s message, while it’s good for us to address the more temporary needs of the people we en...

Are you following Jesus or not? We like to think that we can operate on a sort of spectrum in Christianity… you may even tell lost friends that while you’re a Christian, you’re not a Jesus freak. You don’t want to be seen as a radical after all. The thing is, following Jesus doesn’t really work like that. You either are following Him or you’re not. As Pastor Dan will warn in today’s message, if yo...

In our scientific age, where mysteries of the spiritual realm are often labeled as myths, we have a hard time acknowledging what’s happening on a spiritual level in this world. We’d much rather treat sinful behaviors as an illness - blaming our genetics or biological dispositions. That’s a lot easier to take than the idea that a demon or Satan himself is having an influence. As Pastor Dan will exp...

Did you know that the Bible is often referred to as the sword of truth? I don’t know about you, but it sure seems like the world could use some truth. Every day objective truth is being traded for opinions and feelings. But you don’t have to be confused, because God has revealed the truth in His word. In today’s message, Pastor Dan will teach you how to rely on God’s word for truth in a culture th...