After 20 years of planting and serving at River Rock Church Pastor Chris and Julie Teien are moving on effective July 31st
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Why we all need to Abide
There are so many promises connected to this “abiding principle.” I will be fruitful if I abide. I will experience all of Christ if I abide. I will be more effective praying if I abide. IF I abide, THEN I will enjoy a productive and rewarding Christian life.
Judged a Lemon?
As I was sitting in the waiting area getting my tire repaired at Belle Plaine Coop Tire I picked up this book “Lemons: The World’s Worst Cars” and it had the stories and pictures of […]
Watch Broken SPOKEn Priorities Video
If your priorities are the spokes that keeps your wheel spinning true make sure to fix them when they quit working for you. Broken SPOKEn Priorities Video on Vimeo
Encouragement For Mothers who feel like a Failure
I want to share this article from a pastors wife that was posted on Mother’s Day a couple years ago. I know some moms who prayed for their kids and worked hard to raise them […]
Crown Financial Ministries Career Direct Assessment Job Search Tools
Did you know Crown Financial Ministries offers an online professional quality career interest inventory assessment program? You get the basic results for $25 and more in depth results if you are willing to pay more. […]
Encouraging Song of the Week: Less Like Me (by Zach Williams)
Every week I seem to find a song that brings me encouragement and inspires me to live for and serve Jesus. Here’s my song for this week: I was thinking about this song as I […]
Encouraging Song of the Week: Perfect Love (by Lincoln Brewster)
Every week I seem to find a song that brings me encouragement and inspires me to live for and serve Jesus. Here’s my song for this week: Lyrics You tell me I am Yours Though […]
Free Photo and Graphics Resources that may be useful for Church Ministry
This year I making more of an effort to help other church pastors and ministry leaders find helpful resources for their ministry. And by sharing my list with you it will be easy for me […]
Using the Connecting with God evangelism booklet
I have been sharing these Connecting with God booklets for years with people of all ages. Here is a helpful instruction guide to give you ideas how to best share your faith using these booklets. […]
Best Bible Study App Deal of the New Year
My favorite free Bible app is YouVersion. My favorite Bible Study PC Program is Wordsearch but their Android/iOS apps are lame. If you have a lot of money to spend Logos Bible Software and their apps are good but their books are high priced. I also have study Bibles I bought for Kindle & Google Play Books. But the lowest priced, highest quality iOS, Android and web Bible I use with a lot of great features is from TecartaBible.com
They just released Tecarta Bible Premium and for $5mo/$40 year you get access to a huge collection of Bible translations, Study Bibles and commentaries. Click Here
How to find Christian Movies on Netflix with Secret Codes
It is hard to find Christian movies on Netflix now that many of the producers have taken them to their own streaming services like Pureflix.com which is sad because I think Christian movies should be […]
How God Gave Hope and a New Life to an Addict
I have been driving around with a big “I AM SECOND.com” sign on the back window of my truck ever since my adult son died of an accidental drug overdose in 2016. When people ask […]
Share your God-given wisdom and life experiences with someone
Recently I shared how other people can encourage, inspire and speak wisdom from the Lord into your life just like the Apostle Paul did in the short visit he had with the Thessalonians before he […]
Thankful for Great Beginnings in Pastoral Ministry
I’ve been serving in different ministries for 24 years and there are other great men and women of God that invested in me but this picture from First Baptist in Forest City, Iowa reminded me […]
Kids need Families – Foster Care and Adoption Resources
Consider sharing your life with a kid in need. Kids need to be cared for and trained up to be successful in life. You may be able to help a child in crisis for days […]
Share your Faith with Just One Verse – Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23 (NIV)
Encouraging Song of the Week: Voices (by Switchfoot feat. Lindsey Stirling)
Wow! If you struggle with criticism and/or the inner voices in your head that pull you down and make you want to to quit know you are not alone. This song makes more sense when […]
Like Arrows – A parenting movie from FamilyLife
FamilyLife Ministries made a movie about the struggles of parenting and it is currently streaming on Neflix, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube and Google Play. From[…]
The Dangers of Living Together Before Marriage
I’ve served as a church pastor for over 20 years and in that time I’ve seen the tragic results of people giving into sex/living together before marriage. A committed Christ-follower will not regret choosing purity […]
A Bulldog and His Wife Plant a Church
I met the couple in this article (I’m standing in between them in this picture) when I was on a missions trip to Chile in 2014 without realizing at the time how amazing, faithful and […]
The Fear in Cancer and The Hope in Faith
I want to share some encouraging words and resources for you if you have cancer or know someone who does. As a pastor I am often asked to pray for people that have been diagnosed […]
Why Chuck Swindoll is Preaching from the New Living Translation
Many years ago when I first started following Jesus I would listen to Chuck Swindoll on Insight for Living almost every weeknight. Since there was no local church I could attend then, Chuck was most […]
Logos Bible App Extracts Bible References from Pics
New Logos Bible app click pic of page and it looks up Bible references
