The addictive pursuit of happiness and self-expression begins as an enjoyable journey, but it leaves a trail of tears. In the fall of 2022, news broke of an ongoing workplace affair between ABC co-anchors T. J. Holmes and Amy Robach. After several weeks of deciding how to handle the crisis, ABC fired both Holmes and Robach. Each had earlier divorced their respective…
An Evangelical Free Church in Cary, NC
An Evangelical Free Church in Cary, NC
Posts by Jim Folk
“because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.” Romans 10:9-10 ESV The above verse is a truth expressing salvation, and it also teaches an important…
Note- Tim Keller uses the term ‘Prodigal’ in the book title in this sense: that God is the ones who spends extravagantly, who gives everything, in order to bring his children back. The book is based on the parable in Luke 15:11-32 It is in response to their [The Pharisees] attitude that Jesus tells this parable…Jesus purpose is not to warm our…
Quarrelling means trying to show that the other man is in the wrong. And there would be no sense in trying to do that unless you and he had some sort of agreement as to what Right & Wrong are; just as there would be no sense in saying that a footballer had committed a foul unless there was some agreement about…
As presented at the annual congregational meeting, the elders are planning to provide a twelve-week sabbatical for me and my family. Personally, I can’t thank you enough for your expressions of thanks, support, and encouragement this past December. Words can’t express how much it means that you would make this investment in myself and our family for the coming year. The sabbatical…