Pictures of the Gospel in Adoption
Earthly adoption is a beautiful picture of the gospel and it points to the greater adoption that Christ has offered all who call upon his name. ...
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Providence Students - Trusting God Moment by Moment
In today's video for Providence Students, Josh explores what it looks like to trust God moment by moment. By looking at Exodus 16, and sharing some principles from counselor Ed Welch, this resource explains how to trust God in the midst of fear and how to think about tomorrow. ...
Providence Young Adults - March 31, 2020
Young Adults, if you haven't yet connected with the Providence Young Adults (PYA) group, all this free time in your schedule may offer you that opportunity! Arch McIntosh, Director of Young Adults, offers this week's teaching on James 4:1-12....
Worship at Home - Sunday, March 29
All you need for worship at home on Sunday, March 29! You'll find worship video from our own worship team, Afshin's sermon on Hebrews 13:7-16, and more resources to equip you for your worship at home....
Worship at Home - Sunday, March 22
Resources for your worship at home on Sunday, March 22. We're returning to our study of the book of Hebrews, "Jesus Above All," and this week we're studying Hebrews 13:1-6....
Worship at Home - Sunday, March 15
Resources for your worship at home on Sunday, March 15...
Seeing Life Through the Lens of the Gospel
How often are we using a distorted lens to interpret Scripture and our circumstances? More importantly, how can we know if we are seeing things clearly?...
Memorize Hebrews 11: Tools and Resources
This fall, as we walk through the Hall of Faith together, we invite you to join us in memorizing Hebrews 11. Over the next 11 weeks, our challenge is to memorize all 40 verses of this chapter. Our staff has compiled several tools and resources to help you rise to the challenge!...
Remind Your Students of These Three Things
Remind your students of who they are and what they are called to. Remind them of what school is for and pray that the Lord will use these reminders to create a fruitful year of life and ministry for your students!...
Why Do We Pray "In Jesus' Name"?
Why do we pray "in Jesus' name"? Maybe it’s important to ask ourselves, do we know what this phrase really means? Do we fully understand the meaning and power of these words? Do we think that God will hear us better if we say that we come to him in Jesus’ name?...
Sent Out
This trip not only fueled and stirred my affections for God and missions, but having the Providence church body commission us the Sunday before we left was a moment I will never forget. Being obedient to the call of missions embedded me even further into the heartbeat of Providence because I was a member who was sent....
Sound Doctrine is for Everyone
The term “sound doctrine” is a term that I have always associated with people who know more than me. I thought pastors, seminary students, or biblical scholars dealt with doctrine. It never occurred to me that doctrine was something I should be concerned about. It was always over my head and above my pay grade....
Keep ReadingKnowing and Honoring Your Wife
On Father’s Day, we looked at God’s word for Fathers and came away with three charges: Fathers are to pursue Christ, honor their wives, and train up their children....
Keep ReadingRemind Me to Remember
Our student ministry recently experienced FOCUS, a meaningful weekend devoted to worshipping God, studying the Word, and encouraging one another as we follow Christ together. Like any large event, countless hours are spent planning, preparing, and praying over each detail. Josh and Stephanie Stewart poured themselves fully into orchestrating every aspect, serving the kids,...
Keep ReadingMinistering to Refugees in Turkey
Last year we had the honor of hosting a conference for refugees seeking asylum in western Turkey. We had the privilege of sharing, worshiping, and praying with the almost 300 refugees who attended. We also had the honor of leading 20 to 30 refugee kids in a separate time of teaching and worship. In addition to seeing several people make first-time commitments to Christ, ma...
Keep ReadingThe "Why" of Suffering
Suffering comes in many forms, some physical and some spiritual. At times, it is more intense than others, but according to James, all our suffering as believers is to be related to in the same way - with pure joy and gratitude....
Keep ReadingCommunity Brings Light in Dark Times
Community is so much more important to us now because we can remember times that we didn’t have it. Our Community Group has not only become our dear friends, but also people who remind me of the truth of God when I most need it....
Keep ReadingAnnouncing The Trails Church
The Trails Church - Planting Fall 2018 WHAT IS THE TRAILS CHURCH? The Trails Church is a new church plant, launching this fall in Celina, TX. This will be the third church planted in the 13-year history of Providence Church, joining Christ Redeemer Church (formerly Imago Dei Church) in McKinney, TX and Veritas Fellowship in Fayetteville, NC as churches who have carri...
Keep ReadingFavorite Books of 2017
Each year, our staff puts together a short list of our favorite books of the year. Not all of these books were released this year; in fact, many of them are a few years (or centuries) old, but we read them this year....
Keep ReadingHark! The Herald Angels Sing! Glory to the Newborn King
“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” provides numerous reasons to worship God. We can see these reasons by looking at what the song says about Jesus and what He gives us....
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