Christianity & The Church – CRISIE HUTCHINGS

When God Snuck into the Human Race.

The thing that amazes me the most about Christmas is how stealthily God entered the human race. He wasn’t born into an affluent family or in a palace as most kings are, but in a foul-smelling barn, where animals lay amid their excrement and their nasty habits. Mary wasn’t in Labor and Delivery with a…
We’ve Been Lied To!

We’ve been lied to….life is not always going to do what we want. Things are not going to turn out always as we had hoped. We are going to go through things that are too much for us! In many faith-based circles there is a lie circulating that if you just believe in God, you’ll…
Our Sympathetic Savior

Have you ever been misunderstood, misinterpreted, or someone just didn’t get you? We all have. It’s painful and frustrating. We may seek to defend ourselves to try and bring understanding to no avail. We may even wrestle with it for a while wondering what we could have done to help them understand us better. It’s…
Where the Real Jesus is Found

The real Jesus may seem elusive, hidden, and unavailable. I believe He is to some people. For years of my life, He was to me. All I had known was religion. You know that thing that tells you what YOU have to do to be good enough for God then He’ll love you and find…
God’s Timing is Perfect!

It absolutely amazes me that God is a God of timing! Although He’s not subject to time, He works within time to fulfill His purposes. There was a “right time” for Jesus to be sent to the earth. Although He existed in eternity, God’s wisdom sent Him at just the right time. He was not…
Childhood Memories of Advent

For as long as I can remember back, as a child, our family observed Advent: the preparation of the days leading up to the celebration of Christmas; Christ’s birth. An advent wreath was in the center of our dining room table from the beginning of December through Christmas Day. We would light the candles as…
THE RESURRECTED LIFE

“I AM the Resurrection and the Life! John 11:25 Though you die, yet shall you live! These are the words of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Who being THE WORD can never lie! All of His words are faithful and true as He is! This claim, this reality is our reality: “though you die,…
Ten Things Worship Leaders Should Exhibit If They’re Going To Lead Well…That Have Nothing To Do With Music.

This week while studying God’s Word, the Lord brought me to 1 Thessalonians chapter two to an amazing portion of scripture where Paul was talking about his conduct among the believers and those he led and did life with. He was entrusted with the Gospel to bring it to them and he began to talk…
Love’s Key That Can Open the Door of Your Heart

Father. Son. Holy Spirit. Three in One. God is One. Father and Son. Not employer and employee. Not teacher and student. Not president, or prime minister, or dictator. But Father and Son! So profound that the Godhead is identified as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. A truth we rarely even notice. Holy Spirit is Comforter, Counselor,…
Desolate Places (When God Leads You Into the Wilderness)

des·o·late adjective adjective: desolate 1. (of a place) deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness. It seems that God might be partial to the desolate places. After all, great men of God were led there; Moses. Joseph. John the Baptist. And even Jesus. They were all led into the wilderness for…
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The Church is Alive & Well!

My hope was renewed today as I looked out over a congregation of believers from the choir loft! “What Love is This”, by Kari Jobe had just been ministered by our Performing Arts department and I’d venture to say there wasn’t a dry eye in the house, including mine. I pondered the morning’s events in my…

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