This week’s post is adapted from the September 23rd, 2014 post“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done fro...  Read More

This week’s post is written by Houston pastor Mike Ayers and is taken from this site. In light of the flooding and devastation happening in Texas, I thought it would be appropriate to hear from someon...  Read More

As we go through the Psalms this summer, I would love to have some guest writers share about how God uses music to minister to you, or specific songs that help you in your relationship with God. Conta...  Read More

As we go through the Psalms this summer, I would love to have some guest writers share about how God uses music to minister to you, or specific songs that help you in your relationship with God. Conta...  Read More

The men of Israel rushed out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, slaughtering them along the way to a point below Beth Car. Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named ...  Read More

As we go through the Psalms this summer, I would love to have some guest writers share about how God uses music to minister to you, or specific songs that help you in your relationship with God. Conta...  Read More

Today’s post is written by an anonymous member of NewLife. As we go through the Psalms, I would love to have some guest writers share about how God uses music to minister to you, or specific songs tha...  Read More

Today’s post is written by Carrie Campbell.“Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: ‘To him who sits on the throne and t...  Read More

As it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him” (1 Corinthians 2:9)In a book I read recently, an American Christian interacted...  Read More

“In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they c...  Read More

“Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth. Sing to the LORD, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among a...  Read More

Today’s Pulse is adapted from the March 11th, 2014 Pulse.If there is no God, suffering has no ultimate meaning, since we all will die and cease to exist. But even with a belief in God, suffering can f...  Read More

“While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. Someone told him, ‘Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.’...  Read More

Today's post is adapted from the November 24th, 2015 post.“Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.” (Romans 12:15)As a preacher, I often quote from C.S. Lewis, because, well, that’...  Read More

Today's post is adapted from a January 6th, 2015 post.“Meanwhile his disciples urged him, ‘Rabbi, eat something.’ But he said to them, ‘I have food to eat that you know nothing about.’ Then his discip...  Read More

“The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.” (Romans 13:12)This past Sunday, I preached on Romans 13:8-14, and noted how...  Read More

“But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect” (1 P...  Read More

“Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” (Psalm 90:12)I work best with a deadline. In college, I was notorious for knowing how long it would take to write a paper, and...  Read More

“By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.” (Hebrews 11:8)In Donald Miller’s book A Mil...  Read More

Today’s post is adapted from the January 26th, 2015 post.“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height ...  Read More

Today’s post is written by Rob Freyer, a recently baptized member of NewLife.“Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself an...  Read More

“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.” (1 John 4:18)I am a very fearful person. I often fe...  Read More

“Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage-- with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctr...  Read More

“Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: ‘Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?’ J...  Read More