by Steve Mayes | Feb 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
Beware the Black Hole of Time February 16, 2016, Austin Brown I’m not thinking about the people who get their keys out during the last song and scurry away immediately after the benediction (or maybe during!). Nor am I thinking about those individuals who only...
by Steve Mayes | Jul 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
Below is an article written by Dr. Chuck Lawless which was posted on thomrainer.com. The article points to ten reasons why church members say they don’t invite others to attend the worship services at their church. The beginning of the article indicates that a...
by Steve Mayes | Dec 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
The following is a blog post from Kevin DeYoung and is taken from his blog at the Gospel Coalition. It addresses the very important issue of the commitment of the modern Christian to the church. The Scandal of the Semi-Churched This is one of those posts I’ve...
by Steve Mayes | Oct 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
I recently thought about the very first song that we sang at Hope in our first worship service. The song was “He Reigns” which was recorded by the Newsboys (click here to read all the lyrics – or here for a video of the Newsboys). Here are the...
by Steve Mayes | Oct 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
One question that I’ve been asked on a number of occasions is “Why did you use ‘Community’ in your church’s name instead of ‘Presbyterian’?” Before I talk about the reason, let me first say that we are not in any way...
