Daniel FosterNext Gen PastorEphesians 2:10 “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do.”How important is having a purpose?  According to the American Psychiatric Institute, 58% of young adults reported a lack of meaning or purpose in their lives, and half of young adults also reported that their mental health was negatively inf...  Read More

Nehemiah 1:1-4The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah.Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the citadel, 2 that Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews who escaped, who had survived the exile, and concerning Jerusalem. 3 And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who had survived th...  Read More

Psalm 119:55Lord, I remember your name in the night, and I obey your instruction.Today is Veteran’s Day. Today is a day for us to remember all those who have served our country in our Armed Forces and those who are currently serving. We truly are the home of the free because of the brave. On November 11, 2006, President George W. Bush offered these remarks from the Arlington National Cemetery, “On...  Read More

Justin TuckerLHC Worship PastorJames 4:1-3What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from your passions that wage war within you? 2 You desire and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and wage war. You do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.This pa...  Read More

Daniel FosterNext Gen PastorPsalm 139:13-14“For it was you who created my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I will praise you because I have been remarkably and wondrously made.  Your works are wondrous, and I know this very well.”Who are we in Christ?  Well we are designed with intentionality, detail, and purpose.  It is interesting to me as a biology major how David mention...  Read More

Irvin WasswaTylertown Campus Pastor1 Timothy 6:11-1611 But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13 I charge you in the presence of God, who gives ...  Read More

Derek SmithLead Pastor Titus 1:1Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness.In the movie A Few Good Men, one of the more famous movie lines ever spoken was by Jack Nicholson’s character (Col. Nathan R. Jessep) as he’s being examined in a military court by Tom’s Cruise’s character (Lt....  Read More

Justin TuckerLHBC Worship PastorEphesians 2:1-9And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience - among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children o...  Read More

Daniel FosterNext Gen PastorProverbs 2:1-5My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, listening closely to wisdom and directing your heart to understanding; furthermore, if you call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it like hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and discover the knowledge o...  Read More

Derek SmithLead Pastor 1 Samuel 25:28 Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the Lord is certain to make a lasting dynasty for my lord because he fights the Lord’s battles. Throughout your life, may evil not be found in you.Whenever we think about battles we often think about the daily circumstantial battles in our lives. Battles for our soul, our attention, and our devotion to the Lord wage d...  Read More

Justin TuckerLHBC Worship PastorDeuteronomy 7:9Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.Most of us don’t look under the hood of our cars to check if our batteries are connected before we go to Wal-Mart. We don’t check the oil before we hop in to go to work. We do...  Read More

Daniel FosterNext Gen PastorJeremiah 18:1-4This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Go down at once to the potter’s house; there I will reveal my words to you.” 3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, working away at the wheel.[a] 4 But the jar that he was making from the clay became flawed in the potter’s hand, so he made it into another jar, as it seemed right f...  Read More