Americans are wrestling today with questions like: “What should we think of our country?” and “What should we think of God?” and “Should there be a relationship between our faith and national identity?”. If you wrestle with questions like that, or even if you don’t, then I invite you to spend 14 minutes of your...
America is currently suffering through a time of much anger, pain and frustration. We insult one another, hurt one another, and sometimes even kill one another; all without seeing our common humanity. If your soul is aching over this reality, then you are invited to spend ten minutes, considering what is wrong with the world...
Everything the Bible teaches us, from Genesis to Revelation, indicates that God is a God of all nations, who desires all peoples to come to his salvation. Today, we see that reality being lived out in the church, but not as much as it should be. If this bothers you, and you are tired of...
If Christians are going to transcend the many problems that divide our nation and stunt our progress, we must find a way to do our duty as citizens without being absorbed into partisan politics. If this is something that is important to you, then you are invited to spend 19 minutes of your life, remembering...
One of the perennial challenges, for both Christians and the church, is the need to find ways to relate to one another which cut through the prejudices and factions of this fallen world. If you are wrestling with how your Christian witness can better reflect the light of Christ or how your church can better...
Today as Americans wrestle with questions about our nation’s heritage as it pertains to race; many Christians are asking about the American church’s heritage. If this is a question that you struggle with, then join us this week as we ask the question, “Did Christians in America see straight when they looked at slavery?” Speaker:...
Sometimes in America we can’t even agree when we actually do agree. If you are interested in learning to do better, then join us this week to consider the Biblical meaning of “systemic racism” and how we can address it in Christian unity. Speaker: Pastor Robert Barnes
This week Pastor Barnes begins a new devotion series, “God, Nation and Race: A Christian Look at the Issues that Challenge American Today”. Here is a note about today’s installment: All of us are aware that America is currently experiencing a turbulent and angry time. If you are struggling with how to face the future...
Alvin Butler shares a small part of his experience as a Black man in America.
Pastors Bob Barnes and Keith Butler have a conversation about what it means for a church to fulfill God’s scriptural intent that the Body of Christ be so centered on Christ that it can embrace and include people of all ethnicities.
