“What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?” (Psalm 8:4 ESV). “What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how
Author: Gary Combs
Dusty Bibles
“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12). Where’s your Bible? Have you picked it up lately? If you find it, does it have an inch of dust and
Who needs help?
“And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you” (John 14:16-17 NKJV). Do you
Keep going out
“Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so that my house will be full.’” (Luke 14:23 NIV84). After 19 years of being the portable church, we closed on the former Regal Cinema property on September 30, 2010. Today, marks the one year anniversary
Why study theology?
“Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent” (John 17:3 NIV84). Theology. The word finds its origin in the two Greek words: theos and logos. Theos means “God” and logos means “word.” Together they mean “the study of God.” Theology used to be
A chain of only 38 links between me and Jesus
“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received” (1 Corinthians 15:3 ESV). “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word” (John 17:20 ESV). The Apostle Paul told the Christians at Corinth that the gospel they had received from him
Are you keeping the four devotions?
“And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers” (Acts 2:42 ESV). This week Robin and I started visiting different WCC Community Groups. Our plan is to visit all of our groups over the coming weeks. We want to start the Fall season off by encouraging all of our
Praying that Irene lives up to her name
“And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace!
More learnings from my top ten leadership mistakes – Part 2
“There is something else wrong that happens here on earth. It is the kind of mistake rulers make” (Ecclesiates 10:5 NCV). Solomon was right. There is a certain kind of mistake that those in leadership make. With that in mind, I’ve tried to learn from my mistakes and to pass on what I’ve learned to other
Learnings From My Top Ten Leadership Mistakes – Part 1
“There is something else wrong that happens here on earth. It is the kind of mistake rulers make” (Ecclesiates 10:5-15 NCV). This past Monday our church was honored to host the Innovative Church Community’s monthly peer-learning gathering. Our band led in powerful worship, our many volunteers worked as greeters, ran the registration table, cooked and served