Whether you’re a believer or not, you’re going to have highs and lows in life. And while you know God is always with you and gives you the strength you need to push through, do you ever stop and wonder where that strength really comes from? If you’re a follower of Christ, you know you have […]
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Yesterday was our final “At the Movies” message, and I hope everyone walks away this week with a deeper understanding of the Bible! During this last message, we explored how the concepts in Miracle on 34th Street relate to what the Bible says about faith. We see a young girl, Susan, putting up with Christmas rather […]
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Earlier this week I talked about the importance of all emotions and how the movie Inside Out reveals this importance. But do you ever try to distance yourself from the world of emotions? This sometimes happens when emotions become overwhelming—people would rather not deal with them at all. For some men, they were raised to believe […]
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This was our third “At the Movies” Sunday! We took a look at Pixar’s Inside Out and the power emotions have in our lives. For anyone who hasn’t seen this movie, it’s an animated story about the emotions (portrayed as characters) that live inside of a young girl named Riley—Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust. […]
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As we continued our “At the Movies” series this weekend, we examined the movie Lion. This movie is based on the true story of Saroo Brierley, a young boy born in an impoverished village in India. Saroo was tragically displaced from his family as a young boy while working with his brother. After surviving alone […]
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Earlier this week I examined Barnum’s life in The Greatest Showman. Like all of us, his life is a combination of success and failure. He is driven by dreams and aspirations, but is at the same time driven by the need to “measure up.” His father-in-law (the same man who mistreats him when he’s child), […]
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As we read the Bible, we see that Jesus communicated mostly through stories, referred to as parables. We just started our “At the Movies” series and are going to do something similar by examining the biblical truths found in movies. We highlighted The Greatest Showman this past Sunday! What it taught us is that life […]
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Jesus is __________. No other figure in history has been so greatly admired, sought after, studied, emulated and loved as Jesus Christ. At the same time, none other has also stirred up such opposing feelings. Jesus is the most controversial, polarizing, and misunderstood figure in all of history. I feel strongly convicted that a very important part […]
READ MOREThis past weekend GCC had their first ever “Good Friday Service.” It was a moving time where 27 people gave their lives to Jesus! In fact, over the Easter weekend more than 120 people committed their lives to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior!! We also saw nearly 1,000 people attend our Easter services! It […]
READ MOREBeginning next week we will embark upon one of the most exciting series EVER! In fact, thousands of churches all across the world will be encouraging their people to invite the lost to a “viewing party” and then to church to hear more about what they’ve seen about, “The Bible,” a brand new series […]
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