by OakAdmin | Mar 17, 2020 | Church News, Discipline, Ministries, Pain and Suffering, Prayer, Spiritual Growth
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Rotator Graphic for af.mil. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Rosario “Charo” Gutierrez) This article from Christianity Today is very helpful in explaining why early response is critical to contain a virus like COVID-19. Excerpts here:...
by OakAdmin | Mar 14, 2020 | Global Missions, History, Ministries, Pain and Suffering
History proves that crises provide opportunities for Christians to demonstrate what makes our worldview different. This article from the Gospel Coalition provides a helpful summary of ways the early church stepped up in the plagues of the third and fourth centuries...
by OakAdmin | Mar 5, 2020 | Church News, Comfort and Grief, Elders, Pain and Suffering, Prayer, Spiritual Growth, Theology
Most of you have heard of a new coronavirus that originated in China and has had several small scale outbreaks elsewhere in the world. Media reports on the topic have ranged in tone from panic to calm reassurance.While there is certainly cause for concern, there are...
by OakAdmin | Nov 16, 2019 | Assurance of Salvation, Comfort and Grief, Famous Writers, Spiritual Growth, The Gospel
John Bunyan is rightly famous for writing The Pilgrim’s Progress while in prison for preaching the gospel. This allegory of Pilgrim’s journey from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City recount’s Bunyan’s experience. At first, like...
by OakAdmin | Aug 29, 2019 | Comfort and Grief, Darin's Blog, Life Stories
I have never heard anyone say, “The deepest and rarest and most satisfying joys of my life have come in times of extended ease and earthly comfort.” Nobody says that. It isn’t true. What’s true is what Samuel Rutherford said when he was put in the cellars of...
by OakAdmin | Aug 8, 2019 | Comfort and Grief, Darin's Blog, Life Stories, Message Series, Theology
Laura Story and her family One of the most inspiring concerts I’ve ever been to featured Laura Story and her song, Blessings, from the album God of Every Story. “What if your blessings come through raindrops, what if your healing comes through tears. What if a...
