Derek SmithLead Pastor Philippians 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoiceC.S. Lewis once said, Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition, when infinite joy is offered to us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in the slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the...  Read More

Justin TuckerLHC Worship Pastor2 John 1:6“This is love: that we walk according to his commands. This is the command as you have heard it from the beginning: that you walk in love.” John defines love as obedience to God’s commands, specifically the command to love others. Obeying God is not a rigid rule-following exercise; it’s a reflection of our relationship with Him. In our homes, it can be easy...  Read More

Andrew ThompsonCampus Pastor, Dunbar CaveRomans 5:10If while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.”One of my best friends, a guy who was a groomsman in my wedding, was my middle school bully. I remember dreading going to school for fear of what kinds of things he might say to or about me in front of ...  Read More

Daniel Foster Next Gen PastorEcclesiastes 7:8Better is the end of a thing than its beginning,and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.Patience. A fruit of the spirit difficult to embody for the zealous. How do we know we have patience? First, we have to be in a situation that tests our patience. Then we examine how we respond in the midst of a trying situation. My wife and I ha...  Read More

Irvin WasswaTylertown Campus PastorMark 3:1-6Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. 2 And they watched Jesus,[a] to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. 3 And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here.” 4 And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But th...  Read More

Derek Smith Lead Pastor 1 Corinthians 1:30-31And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”It’s been said that wisdom is the humility to admit you don’t have all the answers and the courage to ask the right questions. Someone else once said that wi...  Read More

Justin TuckerLHC Worship PastorLuke 12:1-3Meanwhile, a crowd of many thousands came together, so that they were trampling on one another. He began to say to his disciples first, “Be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. There is nothing covered that won’t be uncovered, nothing hidden that won’t be made known. Therefore, whatever you have said in the dark will be he...  Read More

Andrew ThompsonDunbar Cave, Campus PastorGalatians 6:9Let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.I distinctly remember a high school English teacher telling me she didn’t believe I was the kind of student who would do well in her class, and she did it in front of the rest of the class! As you could imagine, it was a very difficult thing to hear and le...  Read More

Daniel FosterNext Gen PastorDeuteronomy 31:8The Lord is the one who will go before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or abandon you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”Twenty-three years ago our nation went through a catastrophic and life altering event.  I was in English class my senior year of High School.  I still remember my government teacher walking us to the library to see the t...  Read More

Justin TuckerLHC Worship PastorRevelation 19:11-16Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse. Its rider is called Faithful and True, and with justice he judges and makes war. His eyes were like a fiery flame, and many crowns were on his head. He had a name written that no one knows except himself. He wore a robe dipped in blood, and his name is called the Word of God. The armies that we...  Read More

Andrew ThompsonDunbar Cave, Campus PastorPhilippians 3:7-9Whatever gain I had, I counted as a loss for the sake of Christ…For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him.Most of our life is spent trying to earn our way into entry or acceptance. We spend years of our lives trying to earn good marks in school to gai...  Read More

Daniel FosterNext Gen PastorEphesians 4:11-1311 And he himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ, 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God’s Son, growing into maturity with a stature measured by Christ’s fullness. We all have giftings the L...  Read More