Providence is currently planning on planting a church in the Wakefield area of northeast Raleigh in the Spring of 2024. Below are frequently asked questions surrounding the topic of Church Planting. The first reason is driven by biblical precedent. When Jesus rose...
We know He can, we just don't know His plan.Roger and Janet Saul's life together was seemingly interrupted when Roger was diagnosed with a tumor that was growing out of his ear. They were shocked, and they weren't sure of what the outcome would be. But, what they knew...
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With many different views of what will happen in last days on earth, what can we know for sure as Christians? Listen to Dr. Andy Davis teach from Bible to give clarity to this complex topic. https://vimeo.com/58402025
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When a church proposes the possibility of incurring debt we examine what the Bible says about borrowing money. Below are six questions and answers that will help guide your thinking about what the Bible has to say about this important topic. Question 1: What is a...
40 million Americans struggle with some form of chronic anxiety. Every generation is 3x more likely to struggle with anxiety than their parents. Life is anxious for us all at different degrees, and when we face the stress that whips up the waters of our hearts,...
One of the bittersweet experiences of being connected together occurs when love leads us to feel and carry one another’s pain. Many in our church family recently tasted this when a little boy named Graham went home to be with the Lord. I cannot fathom a deeper pain....
My Experience Growing up in California, my earliest memories of elementary school buddies include Sean Taylor. Sean was funny, smart, athletic...and African American. That just didn’t matter. Like two kids playing catch as warplanes fly overhead, neither of us was...
This January marks the 45th anniversary of the infamous Roe V. Wade decision by the Supreme Court to legalize abortion in the United States. During these 45 years, nearly 60 million little lives have been taken under the protection of this law*. As a Christian seeking...
This article summarizes a few truths from our sermon series, Building Blocks of the Family and lays a foundation of how we can process and think through the issues of manhood and womanhood. There was a time in our culture when biblical teaching on gender identity...
I am aware that some will not finish reading what I am about to write. Some will dismiss it due to length; others by the sadness or personal regret it evokes. Some who are tired of the cultural debate may set it aside as one more voice on an already crowded stage....
Pornography may be one of the most dangerous things in the world facing the modern church. While it is enjoyed in private by a shocking number of people, it is not a struggle for a disturbed few. It is a challenge for people globally, and many church-going Christians...
One day while teaching a curious crowd, Jesus said, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21). I find it hard to imagine a more sobering sentence....
In January of 2019, on the 46th anniversary of Roe V. Wade, legislators in New York passed a law protecting a woman’s right to have a late-term abortion. Millions took to social media to offer their praise or protest. As I read numerous reactions, a question came to...
There are no words more important to understand the purpose of life than those that open the Bible. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth...God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds...Then...
It should catch our attention that less than two full chapters into the Bible, God includes a remarkable and perhaps frightening declaration, “It is not good for man to be alone” (Genesis 2:18). This declaration comes in stark contrast to every other declaration...
Why do I feel so down? “Why do I feel so down?” If you have ever asked this question, you are not alone. The psalmist who wrote Psalms 42 and 43 asked this question. He asks it this way, “Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?” Most of...
Emily grew up in a Christian home but never knew Jesus as Savior. When she got to high school, she immediately began to search for acceptance and satisfaction, and in doing that, was left empty…so empty that she began to look to drugs and partying in hopes of gaining...
We have a dilemma. On one hand, we know it’s wrong to be silent when seeing injustice. For example, if you were to see a child dragged on the floor by her hair, crying, and bleeding, it would be wrong to be silent, even if at some point you had previously decried the...
Matthew's life started in pieces and only grew more broken over his youth until he found peace in Jesus. https://vimeo.com/262881928
The political division can feel so oppressive these days, but for those of us who know Christ, this is our moment to shine. As the country trembles over the outcome and aftermath of the election, we get to demonstrate the peace of belonging to a “kingdom that cannot...
It is interesting to me to think about Thanksgiving in America in 2022. I hear people on TV and on the radio talking about thanksgiving, but they make no mention of God. Who is everyone thanking? Psalm 100 makes it clear that our thanks should be directed to God. 1...
Our trip leader to Toronto told us that our trip wouldn’t have a specific project or thing we would accomplish, but we would instead be spending our time serving Trinity Life Church and its pastors and families. This made me a little nervous, because I'd never...
Amanda fought loneliness her entire life, from marrying a Muslim to having a son, nothing seemed to satisfy her. After several unlikely encounters, Amanda's heart was eager to hear more about Jesus. https://vimeo.com/199898898
The Pinder family attended Providence off and on for years. After several years, they were personally encouraged to attend a Life Group. They attended one week and never looked back! From there they planted themselves in the community of Providence by attending...
Over the summer I heard God calling me to serve as an intern with Jordan Griffin for A Perfect Injustice (API). I could have spent my summer doing anything other than volunteering my time, but it was clear to me there was a reason God wanted me to get to know the...
Jessica's family didn't have a history of mental illness and she already had one child, but something changed after the birth of her second child that took her by surprise and leaving her feeling angry towards her own newborn child. https://vimeo.com/316354417
Jeremy's addiction snuck up on him and eventually consumed him until he couldn't hide it any longer. https://vimeo.com/318071031
All it took was for one person to say, "Just come and see," for Courtney's life to be changed. https://vimeo.com/354690173
With the life of their twin boys at stake, God surrounded the Lambeth's with peace in knowing that God was in control. https://vimeo.com/381034414
Our team spent a week in a community just outside of Boston running a sports camp for children with a partner church. One of those children at the camp, Abraham, was a fourth grader who had almost no experience with sports, but he was a thoughtful and quiet learner....
I remember the first time I shared with a stranger about a big secret in my life. I was young, in college, and worked part-time at a bookstore. A customer approached me one day and asked if I knew of a book that could help her with depression. Much to my own surprise,...
On Friday, June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) announced their decision to redefine marriage in all 50 states. With marriage being the most foundational building block to the home and society, I imagine the impact will be broad....
Marriage is a gift that God graciously gives to His people. Here we want to consider two truths about marriage and two ways we can celebrate the gift of marriage in our confused world today. Marriage is rooted in a complementarian understanding of gender. God designed...
How can we think about the issue of sex and how does the gospel specifically address the issue of sexual sin? Regrettably, all of us know the bitter taste of sexual failure in one way or another. Thankfully, God is a healer and restorer. In order to understand how the...
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