Articles and More... Dependence: Randy Alcorn writes on the importance of dependence. How Marginalization Can Empower Christians on Mission: "If the university is a microcosm of the rest of society and a sign of where our culture is headed, then Christians can expect hostility and marginalization to increase in the coming years. The good news is: if Christian organizat...

It's hard to describe motherhood, but if I could use one word could describe it, I think that word would be "transforming." Being a mom is all about ushering along transformations, both big and small. On a daily basis, we help waking children go from pjs to play clothes, turn hungry children into well-fed children, comfort upset children into calmed children, and the list ...

Articles and More... How Sinful Is Man?: R.C. Sproul explains the sinfulness of man. Bonham and Gutierrez 2016 Video Update(does the background music sound familiar?) From the Pulpit... ...

As the old year ends and a new year begins, I have been evaluating what we are doing with the Rooted Ministry at Westminster. When Brad Mercer asked me to work as Children's Ministry Coordinator, there were about 20 children who were involved in all children's activities. Y'all, we now have that many on most Wednesday nights. Walker Coleman was in the first group that met ...

Articles and More... How Comfort Food Poses as Spiritual Food: "My deceitful heart takes the affections that God Himself placed within me, affections that were meant for Him alone, and sets them on food that can never fill me up." Dependence: "...my weakness draws me to greater dependence upon Christ." From the Pulpit... ...

As an occupational therapist (OT), it's my job to gather information through an evaluation and then use that information to treat the patient. When I began occupational therapy school, I definitely would not have told you that doing an evaluation was why I wanted to be an OT. Of course not! Rather, what I wanted to do was to be working with the patient and seeing them impr...

Articles and More... Fasting for Beginners: "Chances are you are among the massive majority of Christians who rarely or never fast...If we are to learn the lost art of fasting and enjoy its fruit, it will not come with our ear to the ground of society, but with Bibles open." An Organic Journey Towards the Doctrines of Grace: "In two minutes, Trip Lee talks about his or...

Westminster Presbyterian Church has some of the cutest babies and children in the city of Greenwood. When I see Eli at church, I have to fight the urge to squeeze his little baby cheeks. Hearing Cole sing louder than everyone around him in the congregation is the sweetest sound. Cora practically sprints away from me because she knows I'm going to get my hands on her precio...

Articles and More... 4 Simple Ways Fred Elliot Disciplined His Children: "Because the saying is true that disciples aren't born they're made, it is difficult to understate the influence Fred had on Jim's spiritual formation." The Guilt and the Shame: "Christian, when you commit sin and feel shame, embrace it as an opportunity to turn again to the Lord, to repent of tha...

As we embark on a new year, changes will occur. Some changes are by choice and others come naturally. Many of us willingly make New Year's resolutions to do something that will improve us or our circumstances for the next year. However, if you are like me, sticking to these new ideas past January is an accomplishment. How many times have I set out with determination to re...