ATP Blog: Timeless Word John 1:15-16 “John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, ‘This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after...

ATP Blog: Living Word When I think of a word, it is either something seen on a page, or something heard via someone’s voice. The...

ATP Blog Light When you enter a room, one of the first things you usually do is to turn on the light. As a kid, I enjoyed entering a...

ATP Blog 2022 Eternal Word John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word ...” What comes to mind first when you hear the word ‘WORD’? For me,...

Many people like to quote “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” ...

ATP Blog Community 4: Body Since our relationships with the body of Christ (otherwise known as the Church) are the most important in our...

ATP Blog Community 3: Being We know that we need community, and that our church family is the most important human relationship we can...

ATP Blog Community 2: Most Important Humans are built for community, to rely on each other for the meeting of needs. Physical,...

ATP Blog Community 1: We Are Social Right from the beginning of creation, humans were created to be social. God said (Genesis 2:18), ‘It...

To live in Christ means to live under the control and direction of Christ. So, what does it mean to be ‘in the Spirit’? Is it a synonym?...

Romans 6:23 tells us, “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” So, to become...

2 Thessalonians 2:3-7 “Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of...

Where is your attention? The things you pay attention to, the people you focus your attention on, tells a lot about what your priorities...

We all like encouragement, and generally find it ‘easy’ to encourage each other. The more difficult one is exhortation. I like to define...

We all could use a dose of encouragement. There always are, and always will be, troubles, hurt, and pain. To encourage is to build up,...

Have you ever seen Star Trek Next Generation? Once all systems are ready, and the mission is clear, then Captain Jean-Luc Picard says...

It is Spring, the time for seeing new life. We spend time weeding, pruning, and maintaining our gardens with the hope of seeing the...

To continue with the gardening allegory, if you don’t mind, we move from weeding and pruning to maintenance. Wouldn’t it be great if we...

While I am writing this, it is raining in our area! We praise God, because without rain, plants will not grow. We can do all the weeding...

This morning, I went out and worked at cleaning out the leaves and weeds from the flower gardens. Carefully discerning between weeds and...