This is part three in a three-part series on how the Church should influence culture. By Michael Roop Most of us agree that a local church should influence its community. The question is, how? So far,...  Read More

This is part two in a three-part series on how the Church should influence culture.By Michael RoopMost of us agree that a local church should influence its community. The question is, how? Part 1 of t...  Read More

by Michael Roop Recently, I was in the middle of teaching a group of young adults when I was asked a question. It’s a question that’s on all our minds right now, whether we have an answer settled or n...  Read More

by Lark Kelsey (guest author) Have you been afraid or discouraged lately? What attempts did you make to find comfort and peace? For me, there are three tactics I try, but only a fourth one that works ...  Read More

by Steve Gregg Last year I came across a documentary on Netflix about a group of folks who insist the earth is flat. Yes, in 2020, there are folks that think all of the photos taken of Earth from spac...  Read More

by Steve Gregg Many years ago I heard someone who was often described as an eternal optimist as someone who could walk into a room full of manure and be happy, because they knew with such a big large ...  Read More

by Michael Roop I was a second-year seminary student when I visited a church because a pretty girl invited me. I was recovering from an injury that kept me from driving to my home church, and when she...  Read More

by Michael Roop Lately, I’ve gotten a lot of questions surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement, and specifically where Creekside stands. And because mistrust tends to breed in what’s not said, rat...  Read More

by Gianluca Cueva “I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I ...  Read More

Judge not, lest you be judged. Sure thing. But how often do the default modes of our brain produce judgment without our knowing it? And what do we do about it?...  Read More