Songs from the Storm

Songs from the Storm Compact Disc | $12 The isolation and challenges that the past months have brought led Chresten often to the piano. In the midst of the darkness, a song would begin to flow. This collection of songs produced a wellspring of living water inside of him, bringing a fresh reality of the…

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Come Home

Come Home Compact Disc | $12 Come Home is Chresten Tomlin’s latest recording and features the live feel that most listeners have come to love and expect from him. The project features a mix of black Gospel, southern Gospel, and his own custom blend of the two. With six original songs and four of his…

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Be our guest! But wait…

Are we, as the Church, guilty of doing the same thing with our “guests”? We polish the church facilities, groom the grounds, make all the grand preparations, and hang out the banner, “Guests Welcomed Here”! But as soon as the guests show up and the unchurched crowd behaves “inappropriately”, we are quick to start in with the complaints.

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You’re Invited to the Table!

But I have noticed one specific thing over these 19 years of marriage about when Bridgette cooks: when she calls you to dinner, she wants you there ASAP, if not sooner. Few things rile her like our family’s delay in getting to the table when the food is hot and ready to serve.

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I Am A Sinner

When I inquired of Brenda what I could specifically pray with her about, she bluntly stated, “I am a sinner.”

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Come, Walk With Me

Encountering difficulty, challenges, and even trials in life can test one’s faith, even that of the sturdiest, most seasoned saint. Anyone who has served God with a passionate pursuit to please Him and defeat the enemy’s plan has undoubtedly encountered the enemy himself from time to time. And that is what we’ve experienced in unique fashion this year.

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Doing What You CAN Do

Every Sunday my husband and I would travel by this apartment complex on our way to church and there were people of all ages walking around outside. My heart would go out to them and I would think “they should be in church like we are”. God was convicting me for not caring enough to do more than just wish they were in church.

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Found in Translation

As the service time approached, I stood up from my place at the altars to see the very same faces as in previous services. With a deep sigh and resolve to obey the Lord, I followed through with His directive. “These people will think I don’t know how to preach on anything else. Surely another message would serve them better.”

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