This week we will begin a six week teaching series through the book of Galatians called "the motions."  Many of us spend our lives going through the motions , and never really finding the purpose that God has for us on this earth.  I know that I often feel like my faith is reduced to a set of rules or a checklist and God never intended for it to be either of those.  We have put together a devotional guide for you to use during this study because God's word has the power to change people.  Come...

We are about to leave for Ignite 09, the summer beach experience of the burn student ministry.  Our theme this year is COLLISION.  When our world and our faith come together, there is always a COLLISION.  We are praying that God would do great things in the lives of students this week.  Please be in prayer for our times of worship. We are committed to reaching this generation for Christ

Only the best tv shows are shown in prime time.  The network executives know that  is the time of the day that most people can watch tv. (except  for you people with tivo).  I remember watching Deion Sanders play for the Cowboys.  He as always at his best when it mattered most.  He earned the nickname "prime time".  So what is the prime time of your life?  What is the time when you can most be used by God to influence people?  This summer we are studying the book of James. It is a great...

Many of you want to know about Jim Cooper.  For those of you that don't know Jim, he is an amazing guy, and one of my heros.  Jim spent a few years searching for exactly what God would have him to do, and he found it.  Jim serves God and children in an orphanage in Kenya Africa.  He works long days in bad conditions and loves every minute of it.  Kids in orphanages generally don't have much to look forward to, but thanks to people like Jim, these kids are loved on every day.  Our students had...

Many times in  the Book of proverbs, it talks about things that fools do.  One of the most interesting is proverbs 26:11, "as a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly".  This is not  a great visual picture, but it is a great life lesson.  Many times choices we make have consequences that we don't like.  Sometimes those consequences make us sick.  We promise ourselves we will never make that choice again, but after we forget how much it hurt, we are faced with the...