FUMCR has launched an ambitious plan to raise funds for campus expansion. Our pastor, Dr. Clayton Oliphint, invites you to consider how facilities facilitate...
FUMCR has launched an ambitious plan to raise funds for campus expansion. Our pastor, Dr. Clayton Oliphint, invites you to consider how facilities facilitate...
My entire life I have performed to define my self worth, to gain the acceptance of others and to be loved by God.<br>I found it very difficult to accept that I was good enough and lovable just for being me.<br>I believed that if I acted the right way, lived a certain way and did enough for God, then my
How do we know the calling of God for our lives? Pastor John helps bring clarity.
God does give us more than we can handle, and for good reason. When we face enemies too strong to handle, he’s teaching us to rely wholly on him.
Who wants difficulty in their life?<br>I'm guessing I won't get many takers. I haven't met many who will volunteer for the things that might make them unhappy.<br>I knew this guy who prayed for conflict once. When I learned that guy was praying that God would allow some conflict between him and me, I gr
The only way to have joy is to say a full “Yes” to God. Which means saying “No” to the world.
I had no untapped, unanswered yearnings. All was well in the state of Denmark. And then it wasn’t.
I have never used the personal pronoun for God because God is not a person.
Virtual services are inadequate — but I keep going.
Most of the decisions you will make today aren’t explicitly addressed in the Bible. Questions like, should I eat out today? What should I wear? Should I respond to this instance of my child’s sin with correction or forbearance? Should…
Just because Cool is culturally pervasive doesn't mean it’s big.
I want to encourage you all this morning. I want to kind of put you in a biblical context. We’re committed to the Scriptures, to the Word of God; and I want to talk from the Bible, as we always do,...
God’s dream for humanity is bigger than the social realities of the day.
Secular organizers started their own congregations. But to succeed, they need to do a better job of imitating religion.
Praying is an act of faith. Sometimes it feels dangerous, leaving us vulnerable. I recently experienced such a crisis while praying for an enemy.
All Christians desire to be in heaven, but often we’re unsure why we can have confidence of entering heaven.
While failing to attend church will not send a Christian to hell, it is not what God intended for His people.
Why should I want to serve God? What does it mean to serve God? Does serving God mean being God's slave?
Faith-based hits like God's Not Dead and I Can Only Imagine aren't the surprise they used to be. But how will an industry fueled by a sense of neglect handle mainstream acceptance?