Book Review
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GHOST STORIES Teens love to watch movies about paranormal activity and frighten their friends with scary ghost stories. It’s surprising then, that Christians have labeled the presence of God in our very lives with this same title – the Holy Ghost! Perhaps that’s why we’re not as comfortable with the workings of the Spirit as I think Jesus wanted for us. But this week’s message challenges us to step into our relationship with Holy Spirit and to trust God to…
Book Review: The Invisible War
Chip Ingram’s book on a Christian’s spiritual battle between Satan and his evil forces is a balanced take between the extremism of seeing a demon under every rock or ruling out the existence of demons altogether. This book is broken down into 4 sections, with each section receiving an executive summary of the main ideas with all the pertinent Bible verses at the beginning. This makes the book an incredible resource on the topic of spiritual warfare. Much of the…
Resources to Get MentalFit
This week, the Sunday message tackled the very difficult subject of mental health. All too often, the church struggles with knowing the proper response to those who struggle with mental illness. During my research and study for the message, I ran across this book that I thought was well written and gives a great understanding of those who live every day in the darkness of mental illness. A clear defining of the issue and the personal stories certainly give one…