Advent season began this past Sunday, November 28, and for the next four weeks, I (Matt), want to give you passages of scripture, a few thoughts to ponder and a song of worship that will match with the theme of each week. I pray these advent meditations will help guide...

Thanksgiving sets the table for transformation. And I don’t mean that if you eat too much, you’ll have trouble buttoning up your pants.  Thankfulness sets the table for transformation by shifting the attitude of our hearts to gratitude and away from grab-i-tude. You know, grabbing your rights and your self-centered...

I have been thinking a great deal about praise lately. Michael and Cindy Benefield’s wedding theme was “Praise!” I structured their ceremony around Psalm 145. I think praise can improve our prayer lives.  Scripture reveals how God uses praise to fight spiritual battles. We know that praise declares God’s goodness...

God and I do not see eye to eye. It is a particular matter of frustration for me that God does not seem to be in a hurry concerning the development of my Christian life. I see a little growth, then nothing for a while. Growth, I think. Then nothing....

“We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Thess. 1:2-3) Early on in our current Sunday morning sermon series...