The Maryville Vineyard just started a new series called, reLENTless. The premise is pretty simple. For the past few weeks many of us have been participating in something called Lent (more about Lent). Lent is an ancient Christian tradition where, in the weeks leading up Easter we do a bunch of stuff to prepare our [...]
Continue Reading →Today is about focusing our attention on the suffering of Jesus on the cross. And it’s not just that he faced it, but that he chose it, that should leave us in awe. I was asked this morning, “Why call it Good Friday, shoudn’t we call it Bad Friday-because while it may be good for [...]
Continue Reading →Maundy Thursday is the day that we remember the Last supper, and the arrest of Jesus. It’s weighty stuff. I’ve read many reflections on the events of that evening, but none more jarring and insightful than the one I found in my son’s children’s bible: A dark night in the garden The Garden of Gethsemane [...]
Continue Reading →A.W. TOZER If we truly want to follow God we must seek to be other-worldly. This I say knowing well that that word has been used with scorn by the sons of this world and applied to the Christian as a badge of reproach. So be it. Every man must choose his world. Last Sunday I [...]
Continue Reading →True story: At a certain get together, a certain person botched the soup (details are being withheld to protect the innocent). They had misread the recipe and put in ten times the required amount of salt. It was close to go time, and visitors would arrive soon. What could be done? What could counteract the [...]
Continue Reading →Matthew 21 6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.7 They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them.8 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.9 And the crowds that went [...]
Continue Reading →Mar 9:33 And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If [...]
Continue Reading →Sometimes the Bible is offensive. Jesus said all sorts of things that didn’t sound very Christlike…and there are moments in my Bible study when, admittedly, I just want to ‘highlight’ a few things with a black marker. Like the story of Uzzah (Samuel 6). Uzzah was transporting the Ark of the Covenant-a very important job. The [...]
Continue Reading →I love the practical verses in the Bible, the ones that answer real questions. Here’s a real question: Do you have godly wisdom? That’s awfully abstract isn’t it? How are we supposed to know if we’re walking in God’s wisdom? If only there were some sort of a list that we could reference that we [...]
My older sister, Christal, is gold. Beautiful, fun, not an enemy in the world, and she loves Jesus with everything she’s got. Gold. She’s one of those perfect people…and not the kind you resent for being perfect, either. She’s so humble, that you’re actually glad that she’s got it all together. You know the type. [...]
Continue Reading →FYI: I’m new to blogging, and still working out how I can do it in a way that fits well into my schedule and impacts the most people. My new ‘schedule’ will be to post new content Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday (for the most part). The weekly newsletter will still go out on Wednesdays. [...]
Continue Reading →When I first saw this commercial I hit pause and read the fine print. It was startling, so I checked with the BBB. According to an observer at the BBB a typical $1500 loan comes with a $500 loan fee, and an interest rate of 194.70%, over two years. Another popular option is a $5k loan that comes [...]
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Aaron McCarter is the Lead Pastor of Maryville Vineyard Church in East TN.