The message used … a video montage of Nick Saban & Bill Belichick; a still photo & quote from Hugh Jackman; a demonstration involving Chris Macedo playing Eric Clapton; and an exploration into the strategy and psychology behind Pontius Pilate’s question “what is truth” … all to land at this bottom line:   Truth isn’t Read the full article…

In these weeks leading up to Good Friday and Easter Sunday, we are exploring that which Jesus finishes. What he is done with. What he is so over. We’ve seen how he is so over celebrity and talked about how he is done with pirate playing. This Sunday, it will be all about how he Read the full article…

Below you will find the transcript of Chris Thayer’s sermon from this past Sunday, March 26. We diverted from our usual Sunday program in which Zoar Road gets my sermon on hologram (hi def, life-size video).  Instead, to celebrate the one year anniversary of the campus, Chris prepared and delivered the message below. Chris preached Read the full article…

For 2017, we have added Staff Seminary to our repertoire of how our staff gathers. What is Staff Seminary?  It’s a monthly workshop in which our staff receives interactive training in the skills of ministry.  We have scheduled ten such gatherings in 2017, and I am slated to lead six of them. So far we Read the full article…

While it can be dangerous to attach too much importance to single verses of Scripture — thereby yanking them out of context — nevertheless there is something so powerful about certain sentences in the bible. Especially those that speak of eternal life. These are the words I read to terminally ill patients and their families Read the full article…