Dara got this t-shirt for me for Christmas! Perfect. Yep. It's that time again! When the Sparks family turns Griswold! It's g...

I am about making disciples. There is NOTHING more exciting and rewarding than watching people grow spiritually. That's what I live fo...

Some of the things people like are curious to me. They are as different as we are—indeed they are a part of our individuality. "Things...

We talk about manhood a lot at Providence Church. We feel the need to do this because it seems manhood is under attack—or at the very lea...

We've all heard some form of the saying, "there are two things one should never discuss: religion and politics." There's...

We usually study the Bible at Providence Church. Right now we're studying about the Bible . While doing so on Sundays, on the weekd...

Psalm 119:105-112 (Nun) This stanza of Psalm 119 begins with verse 105: 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet     and a light to my...

Dara had an idea. "Let's leave after church and go backpacking overnight for Labor Day." She called Drew who is always want...

In continuing our devotional walk through the longest chapter in the Bible, it was my turn again to write thoughts in response to the fol...

For all but a very few years of my life, my father has been the head football coach of some team, and for the last 35, for Carson-Newman Un...

We're doing something pretty cool at Providence: we're going to focus on Psalm 119 while we're learning about the Bible. Why? P...

Our church began 22 years ago because Knoxville needed a church that was committed to the Bible AND committed to engaging the culture. Tha...