In this episode of Encouraging Prayer James Banks and Robby Dilmore discuss how to pray when God feels distant [... more]

How do you think God feels about people who claim him as Lord but do not walk with him or submit to his lordship In this message Pastor J D looks at Romans to show us how while God has kept his promise to Israel he will also remove anyone who does not demonstrate a staying faith like he did with Israel [... more]

Chip shares some very simple practical tools for effectively sharing your faith with another person [... more]

Researchers at Emory University used MRI scans to study the brains of grandmothers They measured empathetic responses to images that included their own grandchild their own adult child and one anonymous child The study showed that grandmothers have a higher empathy toward their own grandchild than even their adult child This is attributed to what they call the ldquo cute factor rdquo mdash their own grandchild being more ldquo adorable rdquo than the adult Before we say ldquo Well duh rdquo we might consider the words of James Rilling who conducted the study ldquo If their grandchild is smiling the [... more]

When our prayers don't seem to get any response we often start to wonder if God is even hearing us And if he does hear us does he just not care [... more]

Catherine and I were good friends in high school When we weren rsquo t talking on the phone we were passing notes in class to plan our next sleepover Sometimes we rode horses together and partnered on school projects One Sunday afternoon I started to think about Catherine My pastor had spoken that morning about how to have eternal life and I knew my friend didn rsquo t believe the Bible rsquo s teachings the way I did I felt pressed to call her and explain how she could have a relationship with Jesus I hesitated though because I was [... more]

Coffee is great when it's served piping hot or cold and frosty But lukewarm Well that's nothing but a disappointment Join Dr Tony Evans as he explains why God feels that exact same way about people Discover the steps involved in relighting the fire of your faith before you become spiritually useless [... more]

How God feels about the poor and how they are treated the consequences of practicing favoritism based on James - CLICK HEREto ORDER this full message on MP [... more]

How God feels about the poor and how they are treated the consequences of practicing favoritism based on James - CLICK HERE to ORDER this full message on MP [... more]

Coffee is great when it's served piping hot or cold and frosty But lukewarm Well that's nothing but a disappointment Join Dr Tony Evans as he explains why God feels that exact same way about people Discover the steps involved in relighting the fire of your faith before you become spiritually useless [... more]

We would never forget to put on clothes before we leave the house in the morning But often we forget to get dressed spiritually [... more]

What if you had a son who really liked to work on cars and so you bought him a nice tool set But months later there it was in the original box still shrink-wrapped Or you gave a pallette of paints and canvases and brushes to your daughter who liked to paint But they went untouched Disappointing huh That may be how God feels with the spiritual gifts He makes available to you and me Today on A New Beginning Pastor Greg Laurie helps us put those gifts to good use View and subscribe to Pastor Greg's weekly notes --- [... more]

You know that sick feeling you have when you lose something that's really valuable And then that feeling of pure joy and relief when you find it again Well those are the same feelings God has when a person is lost or wandering - and then is found Join Chip as he explains the amazing lengths God will go to celebrate every single person who comes home to Him [... more]

On January the US Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart seventy-three seconds after takeoff In a speech of comfort to the nation President Reagan quoted from the poem ldquo High Flight rdquo in which John Gillespie Magee a World War II pilot had written of ldquo the high untrespassed sanctity of space rdquo and the sense of putting out his hand to touch ldquo the face of God rdquo nbsp Although we can rsquo t literally touch God rsquo s face we sometimes experience a stunning sunset or a place of meditation in nature that gives us an overwhelming sense that [... more]

Chip shares some very simple practical tools for effectively sharing your faith with another person [... more]

Sometimes God feels distant especially when life seems to be going wrong Even when our hearts are broken though we're never outside of God's care That's our focust as we conclude our study of life in the Spirit on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg Listen [... more]