by Thomas McDaniels | Sep 24, 2020 | Blog, CHURCH, Faith, religion, SPIRITUALITY, Uncategorized
The church is in crisis. Is a crisis always bad? No, but it can accelerate change. Pastors and laymen have witnessed first-hand change to the American church. The church has suffered a major decline in attendance over the past three decades. The crisis began when...
by Thomas McDaniels | Sep 19, 2020 | Blog, CHURCH, Faith, religion, SPIRITUALITY
The year 2020 has coined many new words. The most recent is Cancel Culture. So what is cancel Culture? Cancel culture refers to the widespread practice of withdrawing support for (canceling) public figures and companies after they have done or said something...
by Thomas McDaniels | Sep 11, 2020 | Apocalypse, Blog, CHURCH, Church Life, Faith, religion, SPIRITUALITY
Is the world coming to an Apocalyptic end? Yes. We are not sure when. Some believe the world is winding down. But those in the secular side of life have convinced themselves otherwise. Secularization has convinced secular people that Jesus is merely an idea or...
by Thomas McDaniels | Sep 7, 2020 | Blog, CHURCH, Faith, religion, SPIRITUALITY
Faith is both natural and spiritual. Natural faith is “the trust” in things, objects, and situations. We could call it earthly faith. We use earthly faith more than we realize. Earthly faith is trusting things we know are trustworthy. Earthly faith is activated mostly...
by Thomas McDaniels | Aug 31, 2020 | Blog, CHRISTIANITY, CHURCH, religion, SPIRITUALITY
This is a guest post from my Pastor-friend Matt Mirabile How you think about God matters. Is he a tyrant? Do you hold God responsible for past sorrows? Is He your tormentor? Is God indifferent? Callous? or Is he your advocate? Your friend? The lover of your soul? Your...
by Thomas McDaniels | Aug 21, 2020 | Blog, CHRISTIANITY, Faith, life lessons, religion, SPIRITUALITY, Truth
Know what you believe Truth is freedom while lies keep us in bondage. This is why we must fight for the truth. It is OK to know the truth about a lie. If we know that someone is lying, at least we can accept or reject the lie. In our age, accepting lies is not...
