By Matt Watson “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” — Matthew 5:5 America has sometimes been called the land of opportunity, where the American Dream is to succeed and win in whatever you desire to do or be. In philosophical terms this is existentialism, or “you are what you choose to be.” You want money and …

By Matt Watson IMAGE AND LIKENESS Genesis 1:26-27– “Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’ So God …

By Al Johnson “he will be great before the Lord” —Luke 1:15 Before John the Baptist was ever born, the angel Gabriel announced that his life would be significant. Zechariah and Elizabeth had spent years longing for a child, and now, in their old age, God had answered their prayer. Gabriel told Zechariah that he would have joy and gladness …

By Matt Watson Colossians 4:2 “Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.” PRAYER Everyone knows they are supposed to pray. Very few of us actually do it regularly. This is because we do not know the point of prayer and we feel weak and ineffectual in it. We do not know how to “continue steadfastly” in it, …

By Al Johnson Luke 1:3-4 it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught. Luke was not one of the twelve apostles. He was a physician and later became a traveling companion …

By Al Johnson We have established in our last blog that when we the church gather on Sunday it’s all about Jesus. He is the object of our worship and He is the reason we gather. So what does His word say about how we form our worship gatherings? Historically the church of Jesus has ordered and formed it’s worship gatherings …

By The Well Staff Over the past few weeks we’ve written a few posts on how when we gather to worship on Sundays and that there is a war going on in our souls and how to prepare our hearts for corporate worship on Sundays. This week, we are going to focus our aim on why the church of Jesus …

By The Well Staff Last week we posted a blog entitled Sunday Is War. The big take away was that when we gather on Sunday it’s not a social gathering, a therapy group, or a place for entertainment. Sunday is the day King Jesus’ kids gather to worship corporately. Sunday worship provides a corporate opportunity to expose and uproot our …

By The Well Staff A WEEKLY CASE OF THE MONDAYS On Monday morning your alarm goes off, sounding the start of the work week. If you are like most people, you will not jump out of bed quoting the clever sentiments you will later post on your Instagram about kicking Monday in the face. Like most people, your wit doesn’t …

By Jonathan Ellis Christian, do not be surprised by trials. “Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.” 1 Are you surprised when encountering trial as …