Self-Esteem, Pride, and Humility
“God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” – James 4:6 Most of us would not associate self-esteem with pride. In a very real way, our culture has told us that self-love is the key to happiness, achievement, and worth. Our children are often told that the problem is that they do not […]
Marriage, Divorce, & Remarriage – Position Paper from the Elders
This past Sunday the sermon from Mark 10 dealt with the topic of Marriage and Divorce. We know that this topic will raise a lot of questions, and there is not enough time in a sermon to deal with all of these. So the Elders have composed a position paper and published it here to […]
I’m going to break the reading of this chapter into two devotions. The first part will focus on Samson’s spiral down. The second will show the beauty of God’s grace. Sin will keep take you farther than you wanted to stray, keep you longer than you wanted to stay, and cost you more than you […]
Happy Father’s Day-Free online resource for dads
It’s a good day to be a dad! Since Sunday is a little crazy, last night my wife made some ribs, we had dinner with all my kids. They gave me a great Cardinal hat and some other stuff along with a very funny card. Great night. We do want to honor dads. We believe […]
Vox Church in South Africa – Our church plant
Genesis Church is part of the Acts 29 Network, which is an extension of our desire to be a church planting church. For the past couple years one of the ways we have expressed this vision is through our financial support of J. D. Senkbile and the Vox Church in Capetown, South Africa. J. D.’s […]