GENEROUS GOD, GENEROUS CHURCH At The Well we have been going through the book of Acts, and have looked at how the Holy Spirit empowers the church for Jesus’ mission. We see immediately that the early church in Jerusalem was marked by radical generosity.
Have you ever sat and wondered about what grace is? What makes it special? Why they call it “amazing grace”? Grace is a gift from God that is sometimes easy to overlook and misunderstand. In this series, Pastor Chris Plekenpol and guest speaker Ed Baptist cover what is so amazing about grace.
Hey Family, It has been a great series and have enjoyed the reaction and feedback from the series What is the Church? It is now time to move to our pre-Easter series, What’s So Amazing About Grace? This series we will investigate why it is that Christians get so excited that they would write songs, poetry, books, and cheesy movies…
I love subway. It may be my favorite “not” fast-food place to go; it was cheap and consistent. So when Brandee and I were travelling to St. Louis from Houston for Urbana 2009, it was the place I naturally suggested we stop at for lunch as we drove through Dallas. We ate quickly, and we, along with my brother and…
Where is your life going? What path are you on? How will you get there? What legacy are you building with your life? If these questions freak you out or make you go “uhhhh.”, then keep reading this post.
Chris Plekenpol and guest speaker Ed Baptiste cover many aspects of what is the church.
When answering this question, we must overcome a lot of baggage. We have to overcome the desire to relay what we we’ve heard or even seen and get back to what its intention was. When someone says the word, church, we automatically think of a building. Everyday as I get off Interstate 35, I see a sign that warns oncoming…
“We’ll have to quarantine you.” Those may be some of the most discouraging words ever spoken to me in my life. For seven summers in a row, I volunteered with my youth group in Houston at a Christian summer camp in Purdy, Missouri for campers with special needs. After my junior year in college, I decided I wanted to take…
When we first enter into the covenant of marriage, we are full of hope and love for our spouse. Yet somewhere in the drudge of everyday life, we start to lose our relationship and never seem to understand why. In this day and age, marriage is seen as a contractual, “serve me” sort of mentality. If our spouse doesn’t fulfill…
This Sunday we are going to start a new series called Relationship 101. Whether you are dating, you are married, you are single and want to be in a relationship, you will want to hear about this.