Fatherhood is not simply about providing for your child’s physical needs. It is about providing for their [...]]]> Fatherhood is an amazing gift from God. But it is also a great responsibility. If God has called you to be a dad then he has called you to raise your children to know and love him.

Fatherhood is not simply about providing for your child’s physical needs. It is about providing for their spiritual needs, namely, leading them into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. The ultimate God-given purpose for Fatherhood is not simply that our kids would come to know how much they are loved by their earthly fathers, but that they would come to know firsthand the love and compassion of their Heavenly Father.

In this week’s message Pastor Rick challenges fathers to submit their lives completely to the Lord. Because before we can lead our children to follow the Lord, we must learn to consistently and faithfully follow him ourselves.

In this week’s message, pastor Rick looks at a crisis in the early [...]]]> Have you ever pretended to be someone you weren’t? When little kids dress up and pretend to be someone they aren’t it’s cute. But once you’re grown up, if you are still pretending to be someone you’re not something is wrong.

In this week’s message, pastor Rick looks at a crisis in the early church when a few people who pretended to be what they weren’t nearly sabotaged the God-given mission of the church.

While it is true that we should not force our ideas or beliefs on others, [...]]]> Truth is a rare commodity nowadays. Our society warns us against making claims about what is true. We are told, “People are entitled to their own beliefs and ideas. You don’t have the right to force your thinking on others.”

While it is true that we should not force our ideas or beliefs on others, it is not wrong for us to share what we believe with heart felt conviction and clarity. In fact, Jesus has commanded us as his disciples to boldly share the good news about who he is with everyone we meet.

In this week’s message, Pastor Rick investigates the boldness of the early church. How this upstart group of disciples prayed diligently for the ability to share their faith boldly in a culture that demanded that they remain silent.

Names [...]]]> Names are important. Our name tells us where we came from. Our name tells us that we belong. Our name has the power to shape our lives. It can color how others see you. The first thing you ask when you meet another person for the first time is, “What is your name?”

Names are significant. In fact, there is one name that has the power to change our lives forever. The bible tells us that the name of Jesus is a name filled with power, salvation, and hope. Literally, Jesus’ name means, ‘The Lord saves.” It was a name given to him by God the Father. The angel Gabriel appeared to Joseph and told him to name the virgin-born child Jesus because he would save the people from their sin.

Standing before the religious leaders of his day the Apostle Peter declared that of all the other names in the history of the world only the name of Jesus has the power to save. Peter boldly asserted, “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)

In this message, Pastor Rick looks at the name of Jesus and the power, hope, and salvation that is found in him alone. We are not limited to simply knowing Jesus’ name – who he was in history and what he taught and accomplished in the past – we can know Jesus by name today. In fact, the scriptures tell us that Jesus knows us by name and that the reason that he gave his life for us was that we might know he by name as our friend, as our Lord, and as our God.

“And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” (Acts 2:21)