Christ Church Stories
The Hope That Makes Broken Things Beautiful
What if heaven isn't just our future destination, but the key to how we live today? On All Saints Sunday, William Merriman explores Revelation 21 and how the hope of eternity transforms our desires, restores our brokenness, and calls us to become who we already are in Christ. Discover what it means to live as a pilgrim, find hope in suffering, and bring heaven to earth through a life of holiness and love.
When Faithfulness Comes at a Cost
What should we expect when we choose to follow Jesus? This blog explores Christ's surprising promise to those persecuted for righteousness. Discover why faithfulness sometimes brings opposition, how to respond with joy rather than bitterness, and why the eternal promises of God's kingdom make following Jesus worth the cost.
Peace Is More Than the Absence of Conflict
Peace is more than the absence of conflict. Through Jesus' words in the Beatitudes, Rev. Josh Landen explores the difference between keeping peace and making peace, showing how Christ reconciles us to God and calls us to courageously pursue reconciliation with others, even at personal cost.
Are We Ready for What God Wants to Do Next?
As Pastor Paul Lawler delivers his final sermon as Senior Pastor of Christ Methodist Church, he challenges the congregation to consider what it means to be ready for God's next chapter. Through Jesus' parable of the wineskins, he calls believers to hold fast to the unchanging gospel, remain teachable, and embrace their calling to make disciples.
A Church That Overflows
God’s blessings were never meant to stop with us. As generosity takes root in the life of the Church, God’s provision becomes an overflow that meets real needs, creates joy, strengthens community, and makes the gospel visible to the world.
When You Can’t See the Harvest
What can God do with what you’re willing to place in His hands? Through the widow’s two coins and Paul’s picture of sowing and reaping, we discover that generosity is ultimately an expression of faith—trusting God with what we have even when we cannot yet see the harvest.
How Does Prosperity Test Our Faith?
Could having more actually make it harder to trust God? Abundance brings its own spiritual dangers, but when we remember that everything we have comes from God, generosity becomes more than an obligation—it becomes an act of gratitude, trust, and worship.
What Does Your Heart Want Most?
What does your heart want most? Jesus’ promise that the pure in heart will see God invites us to examine what has captured the center of our lives and discover how Christ cleanses, transforms, and gives us a heart increasingly set on Him.
Why Mercy Doesn't Come Naturally (And How Christ Gives It Anyway)
When Righteousness Changes the World
What if God’s answer to the brokenness we see around us begins with what He wants to do within us? Jesus calls us to hunger and thirst for righteousness, and allows it to reshape our hearts, relationships, work, and communities.