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06/22/2026

“Are you married… or just roommates who file taxes together?” Week 25 of Grace in Everyday Relationships explores how everyday romance and affection can move couples from silent drift to intentional delight—seeing pursuit not as luxury, but as Christlike service to your spouse. Read the new Pastor Chris article for simple, season-wise ideas.​

Week 25 of “Grace in Everyday Relationships” with Pastor Chris Carter unpacks romance and affection as service in marriage—how everyday gestures of delight, tenderness, and pursuit flow from the gospel and strengthen covenant love in real-life seasons.​

06/20/2026

"We will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word." — Acts 6:4
The first church conflict could have split everything. Servant leadership kept it together. New article 👇 Worship Sunday 11 AM @ Priceville Baptist.

When the first church faced its first conflict, servant leadership kept it from splitting. A study of Acts 6:1–7 on prayer, the Word, and Spirit-filled service.

06/18/2026

The church was growing fast — and then came its first conflict. Some widows were being overlooked, and the whole thing could have split the young church in two. Instead, what the apostles did in Acts 6 gave us a picture of servant leadership we still need today. (Hint: they put the overlooked people in charge.) Read this week's article, link in bio. Worship with us this Sunday at 11:00 AM.

When the first church faced its first conflict, servant leadership kept it from splitting. A study of Acts 6:1–7 on prayer, the Word, and Spirit-filled service.

06/15/2026

“Driving home from the family gathering thinking, ‘Who comes first now—my spouse or my parents?’” Week 24 of Grace in Everyday Relationships tackles blended families, in-laws, and competing loyalties, showing how Scripture calls couples to stand united under Christ while still honoring parents with wise boundaries. Read the new Pastor Chris article before your next holiday or family visit.​

Week 24 of “Grace in Everyday Relationships” with Pastor Chris Carter explores blended families, in-laws, and loyalty tensions—how to put Christ first, stand united as a couple, honor parents with wise boundaries, and pursue peace in complex family dynamics.​

06/09/2026

Leaders who cannot take Sabbath reveal a motive problem before they reveal a scheduling problem.
The inability to stop working is almost never about the workload. It is about what the work provides — identity, significance, control, the sense of being indispensable. Sabbath strips all of that away for twenty-four hours and asks: who are you when you are not producing?
The answer to that question is the answer to the motive question.
The final article in the "Before Character, Motive" series — not a program, but a life. Concrete disciplines for the purification of motive, the mercy of mixed motives, and endurance in obscurity. Link in the post.

06/08/2026

“Can I tell you something and know it stays here?” Week 23 of Grace in Everyday Relationships unpacks what it means to be a truly safe, trustworthy friend—guarding confidences, listening with empathy, and speaking honest words that heal instead of harm. Read the new Pastor Chris article to grow into the kind of friend people can really lean on.​

06/05/2026

They were jailed, freed by an angel overnight, dragged before the most powerful court in the nation — and they rejoiced. Why? Acts 5 shows us a church that could not be silenced and a gospel that cannot be stopped. When the easy road and the right road split apart, who do you obey? Read this week's article (link in bio), then join us for worship this Sunday at 11:00 AM.

When obedience to God costs us something, the church of Acts 5 shows us how to stand firm with joy. A study of Acts 5:12–42 and the gospel that cannot be stopped.

06/03/2026

Vacation Bible School!! Next week is coming soon!! Come and see us and learn how Jesus is the Light of the World!

06/02/2026

There is a population in nearly every organization led by corrupt motive that is almost never talked about: the people who see through it early and try to get out of the way.
They are not the whistleblowers. They are the quiet ones — the associate who requests a transfer, the employee who updates her résumé without telling anyone why, the elder who steps down citing "personal reasons," the volunteer who stops showing up.
They are often the healthiest, most discerning people in the system — which is precisely why they cannot stay.
If you recognize yourself in that description — if you saw it early, tried to get out of the way, and have been carrying the weight ever since — you were not disloyal. You were discerning.
Article 7 in the "Before Character, Motive" series. Link in the post.

Corrupt motive in leadership does not land on the leader alone. It radiates outward — confusion, disillusionment, spiritual damage — and the people closest absorb the most.

06/01/2026

“Did you hear about…?” Week 22 of Grace in Everyday Relationships tackles gossip, slander, and workplace talk—how small comments can quietly poison a team and how Christians can resist the pull with grace and courage. Read the new Pastor Chris article before your next break-room conversation.​

Week 22 of “Grace in Everyday Relationships” with Pastor Chris Carter addresses gossip, slander, and guarding your tongue at work—showing how Christians can resist toxic talk, steward their words, and become safe, trustworthy coworkers who reflect Christ.​