By Al Johnson “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, …

By Matt Watson The diagnosis. The pink slip. The eviction notice. The cultural cancelation. The unjust accusations from family and friends. The late-night phone call, or the knock on the door from the police while your child is out. All of us at some point will face dark times, for we live in a fallen world, marred and broken by …

By Jonathan Ellis We in the west live in a society where it costs comparatively little to claim to be a Christian. One foreign missionary when speaking with an American pastor was asked, “what do you think is the greatest danger to the American church?” The missionary said it seemed like the American church was under the sway of a …

By Alex Nichols It is a sad reality that in our culture today there are many who once were professing Christians – who said they knew Jesus, loved Jesus, and trusted Jesus. These same Christians at some point actually unknowingly surrendered faith and no longer continued to run the race. They did not have to make a public recantation of …

By Al Johnson Two weeks ago was Launch Sunday for Symmetry Church, led by our friend Pastor Matt Prine, and we are still hearing stories of what God has been doing in the lives of His people in Bryan-College Station. Symmetry Church exists to mirror the Kingdom and character of Christ in a lost and dying world. It is the …

By Matt Watson John Calvin famously said, “The human mind is, so to speak, a perpetual forge for idols” (Institutes, 1.11.8). Over and over again Scripture calls out idolatry, both the literal worship of false gods in the form of little gold and silver figurines, but also the more ephemeral idols we create in our hearts. Describing this, Tim Keller …

By Al Johnson Over the past year, we have watched God at work among us. We’ve seen men and women come to faith, families grow, marriages strengthened, and our reach expand both in the room and online. Our worship gatherings are full, our kids ministry has outgrown the space it was designed for, and the need for a student ministry …

By Matt Watson Isaiah 9:6, “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” For a conquered nation, the announcement of the birth of their future dictator-king is not good news; to them, …

By The Well Community Church Isaiah 9:6, “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father…” OUR FATHERS No other relationship more heavily affects our view of God as a Father than our earthly dads. We …

By Solomon White Isaiah 9:6, “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God …” God is so mighty and powerful, so above us and set apart from us that he is incomprehensible. Yet, Jesus was given the …