There are two videos in this post, be sure to scroll down to watch both. Recently, the death of Mr. Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, GA made the news. When news like this breaks, there can be a disconnect between the ways black and white Christians and...
You may have noticed, but in the last few weeks I’ve used a couple of Keith Green songs in our services. I’m not sure if they were recognized by most people, but I thought they tied in really well with the passages that were being...
I grew up in a Christian home from the time I was four. My family attended charismatic churches that put a significant emphasis on hearing from God through extrabiblical prophecy, healing services, and speaking in tongues. The Bible was hardly ever opened. At the age...
If you’ve heard my testimony, you know that as soon as I was old enough to stay home from church, I did. My parent’s church was boring. Full of shiny, happy, well-dressed people, who looked great on the outside but seemed a little too flawless...
God’s timing in answering prayer is perfect and my hope is to illustrate this as I tell you how I came to work for Redemption. A while back, I used to work in the business world where I met my husband Chris. Once we got married...
One benefit of living life at home this last while is that I have been able to spend a lot of time reading the Bible. I grew up knowing stories and verses from scripture, but it wasn’t until I entered Bible College in my early...
People have confusion of what it means to be a member of a church or to come to church. That is why every weekend we see large numbers of people attending church, who we presume are Christians, and the most terrible thing is that almost...
Written by Jay Hunsberger Julie and I have been serving in kids ministry for eight years now. We started shortly after we began attending when we were meeting at Banting, and coming from a small church, it was a little overwhelming how many people were attending...
I’m not really one who keeps journals. The closest thing I probably have are the “memories” on Facebook that tell me how much of a fool I was ten years ago. But as I get older, I find myself reflecting back on my life, especially...
What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta. This was the first conversation I had Wednesday morning with my son. Even without a morning coffee he got a smirk out of me. I typically have a no smiling policy in the morning. We laugh a lot in...