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What is Celebrate Recovery?

Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered ministry that gives people the resources and relationships to help find a new way of living. This ministry is for anyone struggling with past or current hurts, habits, or hang-ups, whether they are affecting their…

“A New Soul and a New Nose”

            Whether 2025 seemed lightning fast or painfully slow to you, a new year has dawned, and only God knows what it will hold for each of us, and that’s not our concern anyway. So what should concern us at…

“THE LORD IS GOOD!”

Well, it is the last Sunday of 2025!  And it has been a big year for Granite Hills Baptist Church family.  We have been through many things and as our church family grows and with them comes more opportunity for…

A Thanksgiving Prayer

Pastor Mike and I, trust you had a blessed Thanksgiving!  But being thankful is not a once-a-year event but a way of life.  And here at Granite Hills Baptist Church we wish to encourage each person in our service to…

“How Rigid Is Your Religion?”

            There he sat on the ground next to a man with shabby clothes that reeked of alcohol. My friend Tyson, who himself wore street clothes and had large gauge earrings in his ears, was spending his Saturday in the…

“Fighting the Good Fight”

I was hunting in Montana in one of our favorite spots that after a while you realize are several people’s favorite spots.  As the sun was coming up and I was anticipating elk on every hill when there came a…

“Doubt: Faith Looking for Answers”

            Is doubt sinful? I’m very thankful the Bible addresses doubt on several occasions, because it’s an issue all of us—no matter how resilient our faith feels at the moment—will experience. In this week’s passage from Matthew 11, we learn…

The Presence of God

John G. Paton missionary to the New Hebrides Islands in the 19th Century tells of an incident where he felt the presence of the Lord the most in his life.  He had landed on the islands to find the people…