If you've ever felt like certain parts of Jesus' message seem conflicting, you're definitely not alone. The most confusing thing to many people is the idea of dying to live. In John 10, Jesus is warning His followers to be careful to not get dragged away by sin and...
I originally wrote this blog post in December of 2011. [bra_border_divider top="15" bottom="15"] I don't know if it's the weather turning cold or the fact that the Cleveland Browns are terrible again this year, but lately I've been particularly sensitive to...
A question that every Christian (and every church) should ask all the time is Do we exist IN our city or do we exist FOR our city? Are you just in your city, or do the people around you know that the reason you are there, the reason your church exists, and everything...
God doesn't want action from you; He wants reaction. Have you ever thought about that? We spend so much time trying to figure out what God wants us to do that we miss out on the whole point. When we act, it usually involves us trying to figure things out. We come up...
Can I be honest with you? I absolutely can't stand some of the cute little well-intentioned but poorly-executed phrases in the "Christian" vocabulary. I don't know where so many of these catchphrases came from, but we need to lose a lot of them. Sometimes when I hear...
Most of us know the story of Jack and Jill really well. It's a kid's poem that dates back to the 18th century. Many of us learned it as a nursery rhyme when we were little kids. If you've never heard the story of Jack and Jill because you live under a rock or in a...
Jimmy McLoud is the Lead Pastor of First Christian Church in Canton, Ohio. His passion – and the vision of First Christian – is to share the good news that Jesus is for all people by helping them find hope, purpose, and a place to belong. He serves on the Board of Directors for The Solomon Foundation and on the Advisory Team for The Unstuck Group. Jimmy and his wife, Ashley, live in North Canton with their four kids: Braylon, Carter, Ellie, and Grace.