This past Sunday at our church, we were continuing our series “Finally Free” talking about the freedom that’s found in Christ. For the special song, our worship band played “Beautiful Things” by Gungor while the video below played. It was a very powerful moment for me personally. Things are kind of tough right now, but I know He’s in control. It was a solid reminder and lift to my spirit.Read More →
Last night I should have been in bed early since I had to be up at 5:30am. You know what that means though, I wasn’t in bed. Instead, I got caught up watching inspiring and amazing audition performances for the various talent shows on TV like “America’s Got Talent”, “The X-Factor” (various locations and nationalities), “The Voice” and “American Idol”. Lucky for me last night I stumbled across an audition performance from Lillie McCloud, a 54-year old grandmother of 7 (remember that when you watch her perform)! She performed a song made famous by CeCe Winans called “My Alabaster Box”. Watch her performance below. HerRead More →
The church video streaming industry has been around for years and it provides live church service streaming over the Internet. The viewers can watch a church service simultaneously when they are homebound or traveling to different parts of the world. The feed is available at sites like YouTube and the church’s website. The industry started after a company broadcast holiday services from a religious site in Jerusalem almost ten years ago. This created a benchmark for streaming services. Streaming church services must be effective and easy to use for the providers and the church members alike. As a representation of an actual church service, aRead More →
In Mark 6 are found some of the most incredible words in Scripture. Jesus had been travelling from city to city preaching the good news and healing the sick in incredible ways. He had recently healed a paralytic, a man with leprosy, a woman with an incurable bleeding issue, and many, many more. It was happening everywhere He went. Then Jesus goes to his hometown, and it was pretty much a bust. “He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. And he was amazed at their lack of faith.”(Mark 6:5-6) Those words are bothRead More →
Before we go on, I want to address a very important point. If you are reading this or listening to it, most likely you are already a follower of Jesus or are very interested in doing so. Every Christ-follower believes that Jesus is the Son of God and He died for our sins, rose from the dead, and is the Vine, the source of real life. We all believe those things. What I have discovered, however, in working one-on-one with hundreds and in group settings with thousands is that very few Christians really live with Jesus as their life source. Most believe in Him, butRead More →