In Defense of Consumption

by Greg Willson on July 1, 2010
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We need to feed less and feast more.

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1 John: Give Me That Old Time Religion

by Kevin Wilhoit on June 18, 2010
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Sometimes innovation can be a good thing.  Creative problem solving, collaboration to develop new ideas and to think “outside of the box,” is part of being true human beings who possess the image of the One who is infinitely creative and able to solve problems.  But in this fallen world, human innovation and obsession with [...]

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On Insulation

by Greg Willson on April 5, 2010
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My life and seminary

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TLC Walk for Life

by Pastor Curt on March 26, 2010
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Will you join us? Tomorrow, March 27, at 9 AM at Lake Eola in downtown Orlando, people from all over the city will gather for the annual “Walk for Life” hosted by True Life Choice, a crisis pregnancy ministry. Their mission statement reads like this: True Life Choice is a mission in active obedience to [...]

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Missing the Boat at SeaWorld

by Pastor Curt on February 26, 2010
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What are we to make of the tragedy at a local theme park this week? A seasoned trainer of killer whales got dragged under water by her ponytale by a male Orca known for a history of living up to its name. The debate in the news remains alarmingly this-worldly in terms of animal rights, conservation, [...]

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Giving Thanks on “Sanctity of Human Life Sunday”

by Jeff Stairs on January 17, 2010
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This Sunday morning in the 9:30 hour, we turned our attention to the 2nd chapter in D.A.Carson’s analysis of Paul’s priorities in prayer, entitled A Call to Spiritual Reformation. We spent time, in groups of five to ten, praying for various folks in our church directory, in accordance with the framework that Carson observes in [...]

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The Unanswered Question

by Ted Herrbach on January 17, 2010
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If there is a God and if that God is a good God, then why does He cause or allow such a disaster like the one that hit Haiti?  Does God not know that the Haitian people are a poor and helpless lot that have been ravaged for years by poverty, hurricanes and corrupt leaders? [...]

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Haiti Earthquake Relief

by Pastor Curt on January 13, 2010
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As many of you have heard by now, the island nation of Haiti was hit by a 7.0 earthquake leaving massive devastation in its wake. In response to the devastating reports concerning the effects of the earthquake in Haiti, the church is being given the opportunity to be the hands and feet of Jesus Christ [...]

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What Zephaniah Knew (and when he knew it)

by Jeff Stairs on December 21, 2009
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Well, allow me to approach this from back to front. “When he knew it” was during the reign of Josiah, king of Judah. Josiah was one of the rare cases of a king who “did right in the eyes of The Lord”; so much so that the writer of the Books of “Kings” pays him [...]

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Romanticizing Christmas

by Ted Herrbach on December 14, 2009
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My word processor gives the following synonyms to sentimentality: over romanticizing, sappiness, syrupy, schmaltzy, gushy, corny. There is a great amount of sentimentality associated with the celebrating of Christmas. Our family, like most others, has their share of traditions that provide strong connections to family and childhood memories. What would Christmas dinner be without dear [...]

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