The Transformation of a Fisherman: From Diet Christianity to Radical DiscipleshipWe live in a world obsessed with quick fixes and minimal commitment. This is evident in how so many approach things like physical health and, worse yet, spiritual well-being. The parallels are striking—and convicting.The Disciple DietConsider the typical diet. We establish a few rules about what we'll consume, commit ...  Read More

The Empty Tomb: What Easter Truly Means for Your LifeLet's start with a thought experiment: If someone offered you $100 million right now—completely yours to do whatever you like with—but of course there is a catch: you would only have seven days left to live. Would you take it?The answer is obvious. Weather you are eight or eighty, you wouldn't sell your remaining days for any amount of money. Wh...  Read More

The Week That Changed Everything:The Great Depression began not with a single catastrophe, but with the slow erosion of collective emotions reaching a tipping point. When fear gripped investors in October 1929, panic selling triggered a cascade that brought banks to their knees. Twenty-five percent of American banks failed within the coming months. Today, we have safeguards—market freezes, cooling...  Read More

The Unexpected Savior: When God Defies Our ExpectationsThe RMS Titanic received six warnings about icy waters ahead. Six explicit alerts from nearby ships sailing through the Atlantic that April night in 1912. Yet the radio operator, overwhelmed with passenger messages to relay back to land, dismissed the final warning with frustration. It has been reported that he responded: "Shut up! I'm working...  Read More

The Miraculous Details of Our Savior's BirthIf you read through the narrative, prophesy, and prose of the Old Testament in a chronological format you will discover that over time the prophesies and promises regarding the savior become more and more precise. They move from the grand to the granular. From the sweeping to the specific.Have you ever stopped to consider just how meticulously God orches...  Read More

The Trajectory of a Promise: Recognizing the KingThere's something remarkable about watching a baseball pitcher hurl a 2.9-inch sphere at nearly 100 miles per hour through an imaginary rectangle just 17 inches wide. Even more astounding is the batter who has a mere 125 milliseconds to decide whether to swing—to predict where that ball will be and make contact with its future trajectory.How do they...  Read More

The Story of Salvation: From Genesis to GolgothaThere's something remarkable about that first breath of spring air. You know the one—when you step outside and suddenly your mind floods with memories, nostalgia, and hope for what's coming. The forsythia bushes are preparing to burst with yellow blooms. Those first patches of grass appear through the melting snow. It's a moment of anticipation, of k...  Read More

Our first of three episodes exploring the fall season celebrations from a Christian worldview....  Read More

I have been encouraged as of late to see a kind of waking up to the individual call of evangelism and discipleship. This calling is among the most important calls that a Christian person is tasked with. Thus, it would seem obvious that we all have an individual duty to participate in this calling. It gets confusing though. The messages we preach do not always marry well with the culture we nurture...  Read More

As a small church, we do a lot of stuff. This by itself is neither good nor bad — I suppose one could argue that it is far better to do something than it is to do nothing. Even if the something you are dong is the wrong thing, you learn from it. When you do nothing, nothing ever gets done, including mistakes. — Still, if we are going to do something, it is probably a good idea hat we have answers ...  Read More

I don't have a lot of time to write now because of my next pressing calendar agenda item. Regardless, as I was about to post an encouraging graphic and caption via our social media platforms I was convicted to go a little deeper than one can go with a caption.Thus, here I am. There may be typos and it may not be the most clear writing I ever do, but I hope it helps some one out there today or in t...  Read More

GT300 Stands for "Grow to 300," and is our latest vision/initiative at RCC. Simply put, it is a goal or a drive to grow the church by focusing on our mission to help people find and follow Jesus. WHY GT300?Because we exist to help people find and follow JesusBecause people focus and thrive more with goals laid before usBecause 300 is a number that nearly maxes out our current campus' capacityWHY D...  Read More