The idea of being chosen, being called out, is something we dream about, wrestle with… as people fascinated
by story, we are enamored with the notion of the storyteller, of design, of grand meaning and metanarrative. In the recent science fiction film ”Knowing“, the protagonist is forced to face a reality in which the world is not random, [...]

“Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. Surely some revelation is at hand…” - from The Second Coming, by William Butler Yeates
Written in [...]

There are many reasons why The Dark Knight was the best 2008 had to offer… and why I’m boycotting the Oscars for snubbing it save for a nod to Heath Ledger. There at so many things we could look at in this film, which is probably why it spawned written reviews and now this audio [...]

“It’s Christmas Eve, it’s the one night of the year where we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we cheer a little more … for a couple of hours out of the whole year we are the people that we always hoped we would be.” —Scrooged (1988)
The “prophet” Bill Murray delivers the [...]

Looking at John Looking at Jesus…
Many times Mary’s visit to her relative Elizabeth is clipped out of Christmas readings. The birth of the forerunner, John the Baptist, is omitted when in truth it creates an incredible link by which we can look at the fullness of God. In this message, we’re going to look at [...]

God is everlasting. He’s what the Energizer Bunny purports to be, and he doesn’t change; his character and attributes are the only constant as he’s the same yesterday today and forever.
The world has a deluded, diluted version of hope that holds no water and quenches no thirst. Hope is not desiring something will happen. Hope [...]

“Ladies Night” at Lake City is a time for women of all ages to come and receive teaching from mature Christian women, a time for women of all walks of life to discuss and relate to each other and understand what it means to be image-bearers of God. In the third of a three-month series [...]

What’s it like to be part of a multi-campus, technologically heavy, video employing church? I get asked this by friends, pastors, church planters, and people I’ve never met from around the world. There is certainly a lot of buzz around the use of video and satellite technology in churches these days. Collide Magazine asked me [...]

Christ shows the disciples his wounds. Even in his resurrected body he carries the scars of sacrifice and atonement for our sin; the signs of his suffering. Charles Spurgeon wrestled with the question “what does Christ mean by showing to us his hands and feet?” in his sermon “The Wounds of Jesus” and concluded: “He [...]

By Amy Knorr
Fear not for I am with you. (A paraphrase of Deuteronomy 31:8  “The LORD is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”) This was the first verse I learned as a very small child.  [...]