ARTICLES
Victory in Jesus
Present and permanent victory comes only in relationship with God through faith in Jesus. Are you on the winning team?
A Father’s Love
Within a span of three months this summer, I walked both of our daughters down the aisle and placed their hands into those of the man each one married. My experience has given me a fresh glimpse into our Heavenly Father’s love for humanity…
Where Is Your Gaze?
Where do you fix your gaze? Worship of our Creator should be obvious and intentional. We glorify God when we make Him look good, and all we really need to do to make God look good is to show the world who He really is.
Thanks, Dad
Our heavenly Father doesn’t guarantee our protection from any or all of life’s disasters, diseases, or disappointments, but He profoundly loves us.
Proposing the Vision, Value, and Validity of a Full-Time Youth Ministry Leader
Creekside’s mission, “Leading people everywhere to a devoted relationship with Jesus Christ,” must include reaching the younger generation in our church and communities with the Gospel and discipling them as future disciple-makers.
Run Away and Run After
God’s children should run away from the “love of money” which causes pain (1 Timothy 6:10) and run after what is spiritually profitable—“righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.”
Believing Without Seeing is a Blessing
Jesus’ resurrection is like that devastating Winterset twister in that a few people witnessed its reality, but many more who didn’t see it believe based upon the evidence.
Dying to Live
If we save our life to gain the world, we lose both. If we lose our life to follow Christ, we gain both.
What Does Love Look Like?
God designed us to experience and to express a degree of love that goes beyond the emotional and hormonal stimulation promoted on Valentine’s Day.
Elders’ annual report
2021 After major disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, life began to return to a new normal in 2021. The availability of a vaccine made a number of individuals comfortable returning to church “in person” but “Welcome to those here in person, and those...
What’s New in ’22?
When we honestly admit our own selfishness, pride, greed, impatience, critical spirits, gossip, etc., we should be slower to condemn and criticize failures and faults in others.
Christmas Satisfaction Even in Sorrow
We don’t live in the pretend-but-perpetually-joyful world of Hallmark Christmas specials with guaranteed happy endings. How can we reconcile our pain with God’s promise that Christmas offers joy to all?
Speak Life
The mouths of Christ followers are not be instruments of evil. “The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life…” (Proverbs 10:11a). Two conditions must be met if we are to “speak life.”
The Irreplaceable Head
Often people leave a local church for another one… But the biggest tragedy is an abandonment of faith altogether. Churches are replaceable by other churches, but Jesus Christ is irreplaceable.
To God Be the Glory
Seminary professor Howard Hendricks well stated, “I cannot glorify Jesus Christ and myself at the same time.” Neither can we.
Tranquil, Not Triggered
God’s people are commanded, “…But let everyone be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger”. Unfortunately, the exact opposite is frequently true. What steps can be taken for us to become more tranquil and less triggered?
Don’t Be Duped
The empty deceptions of the world are antithetical to the person, practices, and proclamation of Christ. To prevent being “taken captive,” let’s consider 3 ways the world’s malevolent philosophies manifest themselves.
Is Your ‘Hedge of Protection’ Due for an Upgrade?
The popular prayer for a “hedge of protection” may be getting an upgrade to stronger materials. Many pastors and missionaries, seeing a higher level of danger both physically and spiritually in today’s culture, are praying for a more substantial means of protection than the hedge.