This is the question that nagged me for a long time and eventually led to me writing my book, Unchained. Time and again, I’ve encountered Christians who live as if giant shackles have been placed on their souls. The reality that “for...
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you,...
Forty years ago, a ragtag group of men and women moved to East Lansing to launch what has become Riverview Church. Over those years, we moved around the campus of Michigan State University like a bunch of nomads until we finally settled in our first permanent location...
To be honest, it feels a tad self-promoty to make a big deal out of this, but I am super excited about the book and I want tons of people to read it so I’m going for it anyway. The reason I wrote this book was because I really want people to experience the...
I’m a data junkie. I am always looking at all kinds of crazy reports at Riv and I try to figure out the trends behind the numbers. This year, I decided to look over the numbers from my online world and the trends are–to put it mildly–obvious....
