On April 13, I told my wife, Cyndi, that I felt like the Lord was leading us to sell our house…. our house of 28 years. It is the only home we’ve ever known—the home I owned when I asked Cyndi to marry me, the home into which we brought our newborns, raised them and […]
Fearless Q – Write Back ‘Atcha On Infant Baptism
Pastor Megan addressed what Scripture says about baptism this past Sunday, particularly infant baptism. Listen to her sermon, then watch her responses to questions that followed up the sermon. […]
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A Low Bar, But High Stakes
Imagine that you’re someone who has recently started coming to Chapel Hill, but you haven’t become a member yet. Imagine, in some alternate reality, that when you came to church you couldn’t sit with the rest of the congregation, but instead you had to sit in a section apart from the congregation that were members. […]
Fearless Q – Write Back ‘Atcha On Suffering
This past Sunday, our pastoral intern Ellis White shared deeply from his own struggles with the question of how a good God could allow evil and suffering. He’s back to answer some follow up questions, so listen in and watch below. […]
We Are Not Alone
Dear Chapel Hill Family, I wrote the following reflection in early June, just following a visit home. As we talked about this week’s FearlessQ—How can a good God allow evil and suffering?—Pastor Megan asked if I would be willing to share this reflection with all of you. Rereading it yesterday, and with an upcoming visit […]
Fearless Q – Write Back ‘Atcha on Healing
Here are some of the questions that congregation members asked after the sermon this past Sunday on whether God heals today. One person asks how we are to understand Jesus’ words that we will receive what we ask in faith, in light of unanswered prayer. For instance, when parents pray for a child who is […]
The Question I Have to Ask… What Would You Have¬†Me¬†Do?
The past 2 weeks have been heartbreaking as we have witnessed acts of brokenness unfold across our nation and around the world. While racial tension and discrimination, police shootings and shooting police, anger and hurt are not new to our world, our pain and bewilderment is fresh. And it causes me to ask a very […]
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Fearless Q – Write Back ‘Atcha On the End Times
Our sermon this past Sunday is something that is on a lot of believers minds lately – the end times. Pastor Larry answers some follow up questions below. […]
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Fearless Q – Write Back ‘Atcha On Gender & Sexuality
We tackled one of the more pressing, and difficult, questions for the church this past Sunday. Pastor Megan responds below to some of the questions offered in response to her sermon. […]
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August Is the Best!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year- almost! Before some of you start being concerned that I’m suffering from sunstroke, let me clue you in on a little secret: I love the month of August. And not because of the long, luxurious summer days, or the anticipation of my birthday in September, or our […]