by Mike Adkins | Jan 6, 2023 | Christian Life, Message Series
Every year Webster’s dictionary releases a “word of the year.” It’s a fascinating exposé on pop culture in a single word. How do they choose it? Emotionlessly. The process is based solely on search engine statistics and algorithms that determine which one word...
by Mike Adkins | Jun 3, 2022 | Christian Life, Message Series
In 2011 Evan Spiegel – a self-proclaimed “shy, nerdy kid” his whole life – got together with a couple fraternity brothers and launched an app from his dad’s living room. “We weren’t cool,” Spiegel would later tell Forbes magazine, “so we tried to build things to be...
by Mike Adkins | Feb 5, 2022 | Christian Life, Theology
Nobody wonders how God brings good out of bad during good times. This is a question reserved for dark days – for seasons of grief, failure, and disappointment. And yet, it’s a cautiously hopeful question. Can God bring good out of bad? Can He redeem what’s been lost?...
by Mike Adkins | Feb 5, 2022 | Counseling
In the 1950s, prominent psychologist Karen Horney established three patterns of adjustment when faced with conflict: moving toward, moving against, or moving away from others. The Compliant Approach Do you long for approval and affection? When faced with conflict,...
by Mike Adkins | Jan 7, 2022 | Christian Life, Message Series
Ask a Westerner to define “peace,” and chances are they’ll say something to the tune of “no more fighting.” Webster would agree. The dictionary definition of peace is “freedom from civil disturbance; a state of security or order within a community; harmony in personal...
