Research is coming out that proves what we as Christians already know – happiness is found in a right relationship with Jesus Christ and attending church. In an article in Science News reasearched said, Personal well-being blossoms among U.S. adults who strongly identify with their religion, regularly attend church and have three or more close friends in their...

18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. 19Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. 20But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD...

After I preached on the promise of God regarding tithing someone verbally told me this story. I will repeat it the best I can: After your sermon on tithing we decided to tithe that very day. To be honest, we didn’t have it but wanted to take God at His word. We wrote a check for our tithes and put it in the offering plate and decided to trust God. That was on...

This past Sunday I preached from Luke 8:13 about how Jesus said we were prone to let difficulties and trials stop us. If we want to survive the “storms” of life we have to “dig in” and grow roots in our Christian faith. Here is a video of a couple who did just that. This song by Josh Wilson is one of my favorite and I hope the song and the...

It’s easy to worship God when everything is going right – but what about when your world is falling apart? Listen as Pastor Joel talks about the privilege and duty of Christians to worship our God even when the circumstances of our lives are not what we want them to be! Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip