by OakAdmin | Jun 6, 2018 | Darin's Blog, Message Series
“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.” Revelation 21:1 Does this verse mean there will be no oceans in the new heaven and earth? No large bodies of water and therefore...
by OakAdmin | May 25, 2018 | Darin's Blog
John Owen was a Puritan preacher who understood the nature of sin and the need to be ruthless in our fight against it. Click here to read more quotes from Owen. A few of my favorites are below. Let no man pretend to fear sin that does not fear temptation also! These...
by OakAdmin | May 24, 2018 | Darin's Blog
Check this out from Reach Global missionary Amy Medina – very insightful and convicting… [Full article] I may have spent half my life on the African continent, but I still have the American dream. The dream usually comes to me when I am most frustrated...
by OakAdmin | May 17, 2018 | Darin's Blog, Message Series
Is it right for God to pursue His own glory? We know it isn’t right for any of us to pursue our own glory, so is it ok for God? John Piper has worked throughout his long career of preaching and writing to explain why God must be for Himself in order to truly be...
by OakAdmin | May 10, 2018 | Darin's Blog
Jack (C.S.) Lewis was a 32 year old professor at Oxford, walking across campus with two friends – 39 year old Ronald (J.R.R.) Tolkien and 35 year old Hugo Dyson. Lewis was an atheist, Tolkien a devout Catholic and Dyson a committed Christian. Their stroll became...
by OakAdmin | May 7, 2018 | Darin's Blog, Message Series
We all struggle with various hardships and challenges. Some things are simply the result of living in a broken and fallen world. Others are the consequences of choices we have made – both for better and for worse. The question is: how can we get beyond just...
