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My name is Allison Best. I was raised in a Christian home, one of six kids, and the church has always been a part of my life. My dad started as an elder, became worship pastor, then was asked to plant a church where he became the lead teaching pastor. All of my early memories are in the church. In high school, I used to help sing worship, and our church also had a travelin...

Every second Sunday of the month, a member of GraceLife shares their testimony... it could be how they came to Christ, something that He's currently doing in their life, or anything else that displays His faithfulness! This blog reflects the story that Becky Bruce gave last month!...

Romans chapter 8 is one of the greatest if not the greatest chapter in the entire Bible because of what it tells us about the eternal plan of God, the finished work of Jesus Christ, and the endless power of the Holy Spirit....

Earlier this year we passed a historic date in our nation’s history: the Invasion of Nazi- Occupied Normandy in France. June 6, 1944 is now known as “D-Day.” That operation brought together land, air and sea forces of the allied armies. It was the largest invasion force in human history....

Has your ignorance ever manifested itself in such a way that you were shocked, grieved, and challenged? But then resolved to gain wisdom? Mine has...multiple times. One of the most memorable was the year after I got married. Something happened after Sarah and I tied the knot that prepared me for the reality of marital life....

The most infamous heretic in church history was a man named Arius in the fourth century. He denied the deity of Jesus Christ. He taught that Jesus was a created being, not divine, not eternal, and therefore, not fully God. Those claims alarmed church leaders and put Arius on the heresy watch-list....

I recently read the story of the Worst Roommate ever. Bad roommates are late on rent. They don’t flush the toilet. They make noise and fight over the thermostat setting. But this roommate takes conflict to a whole new level. Here’s the story:...

In Romans chapter 7, Paul brings clarity to a question Christians have struggled to answer for a long time: how do we as followers of Jesus relate to God’s moral law?...

It's always been there. I just haven't always noticed it. It's thin, this thread. So thin that it often seems to disappear. But it is indeed there. It's always there. It runs through every single event in my life. From before I can even remember. It always appears bigger in the past than it does in the present. That's how I first noticed the thread. By looking back. The th...

Triumph. Humility. Confrontation. Celebration. Betrayal. Anxiety. Prayer. Trials. Torture. Death. Weeping. Resurrection. Victory. Jesus had quite the week. ...