February 11, 2023
by Dr. Kevin Prather
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Pastor's Blog
| Tags: Church, Jesus, Christianity, Culture, God, Holy Spirit, Communities, Renewal, Revival, Salvation, God's Glory, Awakening, Cultural Christianity, Reformation, America, God's Mercy, Judgment Day
The great need for our church, for all churches, for our communities, our city, our nation and our world is for God to show mercy to us, and to revive us and reform us, that we, His people, might glorify Him and reflect Him to a lost and dying world. Our great need is to be consumed with a passion for the glory of God and to love Him more than we love anything or anyone. O...
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December 27, 2022
by Dr. Kevin Prather
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Pastor's Blog
| Tags: Church, Faith, Jesus, Christianity, Culture, DIscipleship, God, Holy Spirit, Communities, Following Jesus, Trinity, Growth, Brave New World, Cultural Hostility, Growing in Christ, Christian Mission, City, Nation, World, Signs of the Times, Walking With Christ, Exiles, Perseverance
We live in a culture that is increasingly hostile to historical, Biblical Christianity. As we approach the new year, how are we to live as Christians? What does God expect from us in a rapidly changing culture and world? How are we to live as a church? It is my prayer that 2023 would be a year of profound Christian maturation and growth for us individually and as a church,...
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September 15, 2021
by Dr. Kevin Prather
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Pastor's Blog
| Tags: Faith, Jesus, Christianity, Culture, God, Holy Spirit, Christian growth, Books, Classics, Contemporary Issues
Reading good Christian books is a great way to grow in your faith. Here are a few books I am reading (and re-reading) for your consideration. ...
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August 16, 2021
by Dr. Kevin Prather
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Pastor's Blog
| Tags: Love, Truth, Evangelism, prayer, Christianity, Culture, DIscipleship, Lies, Boldness, Scripture, Following Jesus, Transformation, Courage, Do Not Conform
As the culture continues to buy and sell lies, and to demand conformity to the lies, Christians must be a people who walk in Truth, even if it is costly. ...
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April 15, 2021
by Dr. Kevin Prather
| Tags: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Christianity, Church, Covid 19, Pandemic, Culture, Cultural Changes, Anxiety, Isolation, Fear, Frustration, Anger, Faith, Hope, Love
Much has changed in our culture over the past year. Many have isolated themselves over the past year and many experts report increases in cases of depression, anxiety and loneliness as a result. In addition, many report a general sense of fear, anger and frustration as they have tried to navigate the past year of Covid-19 as well as the economic uncertainty, social upheava...
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April 10, 2021
by Dr. Kevin Prather
| Tags: Church, Jesus, Christianity, Culture, God, Holy Spirit, Scripture, Secularism, Bible, Christians, Culture. Spiritual Warfare, Cultural Storm, Woke Ideology, Intersectionality, Critical Race Theory, New Atheism, Queer Theory, Cultural Shifts, Spiritual perseverance
The coming cultural storm is ultimately a spiritual storm. Christians in America have not seen anything like it in our history. Are you prepared? How are we to live and what do we need to do?...
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August 12, 2020
by Dr. Kevin Prather
| Tags: Gospel, Love, Jesus, Christianity, Culture, God, Holy Spirit, Scriptures, Christians, progressivism, wokeness, the church, ministers, Idolatry, Man Pleasing, Repentance, Affirmation
There are many problems with the emerging trend of 'progressive Christianity,' but the root issue is a fundamental denial of both the gospel of Jesus Christ and the Lordship of Christ...
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July 14, 2020
by Dr. Kevin Prather
| Tags: Christianity, Christ, Following Jesus, Culture, Cancel Culture, Anger, Christian Courage, Faith, Hope, Love, God, Jesus, Church, Holy Spirit, Scripture, God's Word,
Our culture is experiencing a war of ideas unlike anything most of us have seen in our lifetime. There is much darkness and anger in the culture. As the Cancel Culture expands, will Christians stand in faith or compromise?...
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November 5, 2019
by Dr. Kevin Prather
| Tags: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, God's Word, Bible, Scriptures, Authority of Scripture, Preaching, Teaching, Instruction, Worship, Transformation, Culture
God's Word is timeless. Truth does not change. While our culture is rapidly seeking to redefine so many things and the cancel culture seeks to silence voices that do not conform to politically correct views, Christians face a choice: to preach/teach/speak the Truth in love, or to reject or twist the Truth in the name of love. How we respond is supremely important....
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October 14, 2019
by Dr. Kevin Prather
| Tags: God, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit, Church, Culture, Females, Young Women, Parents, Feminism, Illusions, Objectifying, Lies, Truth
Many young women (and their parents) are confused over the issue of what it means to be a female. The church must unapologetically proclaim the Truth, speaking Goodness into these confusing times....
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October 3, 2018
by Dr. Kevin Prather
| Tags: Christ, Culture, God, Holy Spirit, Bible, Scripture, Word of God, prayer, Worship, Community, Teaching, Learning, Mission, DIscipleship
The way forward in this new 'Dark Age' is to return to the ancient paths....
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July 30, 2018
by Dr. Kevin Prather
| Tags: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Word of God, Scriptures, Culture, Secularism, Humanism, Materialism, Hedonism, Relativism, Scientism, Nihilism, Evangelism, DIscipleship, Church, Engaging the Culture
Christianity is facing a new challenge in America, an emerging Dark Age in which the culture is defined in 'post-Christian' terminology, a culture that has for the most part, rejected Biblical Christianity and embraced all forms of philosophies, spiritualities and belief (and non belief) systems. ...
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December 5, 2017
by Dr. Kevin Prather
| Tags: Jesus, Christmas, Good News, Gospel, Culture, Busyness, Worship, Incarnation, Miracle, Spiritual Refreshment
Don't let 'Cultural Christmas' hijack what could be a holy and worshipful season....
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June 11, 2017
by Dr. Kevin Prather
| Tags: Jesus, Gospel, Father's Day, David, Solomon, Spiritual Maturity, Culture
"I am about to go the way of all the earth. Be strong, and show yourself a man..."
-1 Kings 2:2
King David was a man who was very much flawed, yet still commended as being a 'man after God's own heart' (Acts 13:22)-which in and of itself should be a great encouoragement to us that God speaks of David like this in His Word. David was a man who knew what it was to be un...
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May 21, 2017
by Dr. Kevin Prather
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Category:
Pastor's Blog
| Tags: Gospel, Church, Truth, Meaning, Life, Jesus, Christianity, Culture, DIscipleship, Consumerism, Lies, Meaningless, Time
Twobooks have profoundly grabbed my attention the past few months. One is "Impossible People," by Os Guinness, the other is "The Benedict Option," by Ron Dreher.
Both books address something we may not want to hear, but if we are honest, can sense, because the evidence is all around us: Rome has already fallen (the West-and that includes America) and we (Christians) have ...
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