Disco diva Donna Summer, who launched her Grammy Award-winning career with the lascivious "Love to Love You Baby" in 1975, was raised in a devout Christian home. Her father was the pastor of a church. Summer said God first spoke to her when she was 10 years old.She...
As Easter 2022 approaches, we're reminded of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. This event changed everything, leading to the transformation of many lives. This year, let's celebrate by sharing the gospel wherever we can — including our own homes.Reflecting on...
Just when you thought things couldn't get worse, they did. We overcame COVID, we're taking a collective breath together, and now there's this conflict over in Ukraine.I've been following the news, and it's alarming; we're hearing things we never thought we would....
After I became a Christian, I underwent a pretty dramatic change in a short period of time. At the age of 17, I heard the gospel and became a believer. And then I pretty much turned my back on the lifestyle I had been living up to that point.However, I had some old...
Ironically, people today who tell us that we need to be tolerant are very intolerant of the gospel. In fact, I have found that the most intolerant people are those who are always telling us to be tolerant.I've heard people say that Christians are so intolerant, but I...
We live in a time when our society is becoming increasingly disjointed and divided. Rather than celebrating what we have in common, it seems nowadays that we emphasize the things that separate us. In fact, I don't know of a time, at least in my life, when our culture...
More than 50 years ago, there was a man named Charles Smith, known by his friends as Chuck, who felt called to teach God's Word in an understandable way. After pastoring a number of churches, he took over a small church in Orange County, California, known as Calvary...
Let's admit it: Life can be really hard.We all go through storms and trials and difficulties in life. We all experience loss and tragedy and suffering. Why are we made to go through hardship? Why can't we live a life without any disruptions to our peace and...
We all have probably played the child's game of Hide and Seek. Someone closes his eyes while the others hide, and then the "it" player counts to 20 and says, "Ready or not, here I come!"In a sense, that is what Jesus was saying in a parable He told about a Jewish...
Note: Greg Laurie's sermon starts at the 36:20 mark of the video.Is there something in your life that God is calling you to do? Or maybe God's will is calling you AWAY from something?This is what the Bible talks about when it says we need to put off the old man and...
We were all shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of Bob Saget at age 65. To the generation who grew up watching Full House, Bob was a father figure they came to love. Yet another generation discovered him as the host of America's Funniest Home Videos.Bob Saget...
"And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house,...
It's easy during the holidays to lose perspective and forget how much God has blessed us. Luke 17 tells the story of 10 men who had much for which to give thanks. As lepers, they were complete outcasts. You couldn't get any lower in society at this particular time in...
On this National Day of Prayer, as the country continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic and injustice, we can look to a biblical figure for guidance: Nehemiah, whose name means "comforted by God."Thousands of years ago, Nehemiah was cupbearer to King Artaxerxes of...