2013-11-01T06:00:10-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/celebrate/ http://faithgateway.com/celebrate-halloween-christians/ 2013-11-01T06:00:10-05:00 Halloween is usually cause for great debate among Christians. Should Christians celebrate Halloween? What are the best alternatives? I am quite disturbed by many of the morbid and dark decorations and costumes that appear in stores because of Halloween, but this time of year can also be a great time to love on the people […] http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/when-life-is-just-more-of-the-same-6323 2011-04-06T09:50:56-05:00 I'm thanking God today that life doesn't have to be a meaningless parade of days that replay the same old questions and the same old emptiness. On the day we step into the relationship we were made for, we step into the "more" God put us here for, and the search is over. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/how-to-banish-the-darkness-5949 2009-10-29T09:29:49-05:00 When it's the darkest, when it's the hardest to praise Him, that is when you need to praise Him the most, because praise is that blinding light from heaven that dispels the darkness and banishes your enemy. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20145:7&version=NIV 2009-08-04T17:00:34-05:00 The Christian faith is not meant to be a dour and boring one. God's children are encouraged to actively celebrate God's goodness and mercy. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/Antidote-For-Your-Bad-Days-8036 2008-07-24T17:20:21-05:00 See, when you belong to God through His Son, Jesus Christ, you’re living this awesome plan designed by a God who loves you desperately and who designed this plan before you were even born. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/The-Trouble-with-Fireworks-8046 2008-07-24T15:52:23-05:00 For all the excitement of fireworks, well they only light things up for a little while and then everything goes back to the way it was. Actually, spiritual fireworks work the same way. A lot of Christians base their Christian life on fireworks. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/Declaring-Your-Independence-8047 2008-07-24T15:50:57-05:00 I heard about a tribe in Alaska where they believe that we all carry this backpack through life; and in it there are rocks. Every time we do something wrong, it puts another rock in our backpack, and you carry around the guilt and shame and the regrets and the consequences of all those things.