Author: Chris Hankel

Last year, while I was on my sabbatical, Pastor Adam sent me pictures of this platform slowly turning from the grey and purple that it was to black. Why would anyone paint a church platform black? It wasn’t because Pastor Adam was a supervillain and needed an environment reflecting his black heart. It wasn’t because…

You may not know it yet, but we are preparing to embark on a long journey through the Book of Romans. It is one of the longer books of the N.T. and is packed full of information about who God is and what He has done for us by sending His Son Jesus. The theology…

Few things in life are better than true friendship. If you have ever had a good friend, you know exactly what I am talking about. Many years ago, I worked at a small church in Silverton, Oregon. This church hired me to be their youth pastor, and Stacey and I quickly assimilated into the life…

What are the things in your life that bring you joy?  Sit with that question for just a moment.  What are the things that bring you joy?  Now, think of one thing in particular that brings you joy.  When I think about things that bring me joy I think about my family, I think about…

This is week three of our series called The Way of Wisdom, where we are exploring the different themes of the Book of Proverbs.  If you haven’t been here the last few weeks, Proverbs was written by King Solomon, the wisest man to ever live.  God granted Solomon unusual wisdom because when God asked him…

Last week, we started our Summer series called Proverbs—The Way of Wisdom.  When Solomon takes over as king of Israel from his father, King David, God asks him, what is one thing you would ask of me?  Solomon asks God for wisdom to govern.  Because God is pleased with Solomon’s request, He makes Solomon the…

A young man was searching for the secret of wisdom and heard that there was a guru high in the Himalayas who knew how to find it. So he set off to find the guru, going through much hardship and travail until finally, high in the mountains, he found the guru sitting on a rock.“Tell…

Would you agree with me that we all need to know that we are loved?  I think all of us understand that we are broken people, and things within us often lead us toward rebellion and disobedience toward God.  Because we are so aware of our brokenness, we often carry this shadow of shame around…

Have you ever wondered why the Bible and science seem to be in conflict with each other. Christians claim God created the world in 7 days, but then someone says well, what about the Big Bang Theory and the Theory of Evolution? Many people will say, there is no way any educated, rational, thinking person…