by OakAdmin | Sep 10, 2021 | Disciplemaking, Pain and Suffering, Worldview
“And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.” Genesis 1:31 Genesis 1 is beautiful poetry. The final summation of God’s recurring “it was good,” comes in verse 31, “it was very good.” We heard last week (9/5/21 service) how the goodness of...
by OakAdmin | Aug 19, 2021 | Scripture, Spiritual Growth, Theology, Worldview
I still remember being called to the Nurse’s office in third grade and being told I had failed the vision test. Mom took me to the eye doctor the next day and I drove home with glasses – for the first time realizing those blurry green blobs on trees were...
by OakAdmin | Aug 6, 2021 | Disciplemaking, End Times, Global Missions, Outreach, The Gospel
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8 “He lived there [in Rome] two whole years at his own expense,...
by OakAdmin | Aug 3, 2021 | Comfort and Grief, End Times, Famous Writers, Heaven, Spiritual Growth, The Gospel
From The Bible Project We encourage everyone to watch the longer video from Tim Mackie that further explains the six minute video above. Here is the bottom line: the good news of Jesus Christ is about far more than just “getting to heaven.” Children...
by OakAdmin | Jul 16, 2021 | Disciplemaking, Life Stories, Outreach, The Gospel
“Your testimony is the sharpest tool for evangelism.” A movement leader from southeast Asia encourages new believers to immediately write out and practice sharing their story as a way of engaging with the non-believers in their lives. This way, from their...
by OakAdmin | Jul 8, 2021 | Disciplemaking, Famous Writers, Integrity, Outreach, The Gospel
“Bondservants are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, not pilfering, but showing all good faith, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.” Titus 2:9-10, ESV Some...