Kerry Shook: Well, Chris and I are kicking off a new series this weekend we're calling "Relationship Games," and we're going to use some classic board games and have a little bit of fun to illustrate some powerful and [...]

Woodlands Church, we are in this adventure that we're calling the Heaven On Earth Challenge, and it's based on the part of the Lord's Prayer where Jesus said we're to pray, "Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as [...]

Kerry Shook: I heard about a burglar who had been casing out a neighborhood in the summer, and he noticed a house where a family had left for vacation. So, late at night he broke into the front door, he walked into a completely dark entryway, and [...]

We just started a new series that I'm calling "Lemonade," and it's all about how God brings something good out of all the sour circumstances, all the bitter disappointments, all the devastating and painful things that can come [...]

You know, life doesn't always go the way we want it to, and many things in our lives are out of our control. They're just beyond our control. There are many things in life we don't get to choose. You don't get to choose most of [...]

Now I have up here a pot of chocolate fondue and I'm telling you this is the good stuff. I mean, see, I just wanna prove it to you. Let me prove it to you. I mean, you need to taste this. So I will. Mm mm, yeah, it's really good. I'm [...]

I have here a table and this is the kind of table Jesus would have eaten at. You know, it's a low table, it's more like a coffee table. In the first century in the Middle East, you would come to the dinner table and you would recline like [...]

It seems there's one thing for certain these days, and that is we live in very uncertain times. We're gonna look at a time in the Old Testament when God's people felt very uncertain about their future. They didn't know what was [...]

I heard about an elderly man who was brand new to a senior living center, and as soon as he walked in the door, he saw across the room an elderly woman who just stared at him, and she just couldn't take her eyes off of him. And then, later that [...]

You know, this weekend we're concluding our series on how God sparks divine and lasting change in our lives. Now, when we are making positive changes in our lives, like putting in a new habit or trying to get rid of a destructive habit, [...]

Conflict is something that's just tearing up Christian families and marriages and churches today because a lot of Christ's followers have no idea how to resolve conflict and that conflict is so important in our lives because you have to [...]

We're in a series I'm calling "Dinner with Jesus," because there's so many times in the Gospel that we see Jesus eating dinner with people. Why is that? Because with Jesus, it's all about relationships, and Christianity [...]

Well, this weekend, we're concluding this series, "Rivers in the Desert," as we're looking at how God wants to bring a river of blessing right to us in the middle of life's problems and pressures, and it's based on this [...]

Kerry Shock : You know, a while back, Chris and I had the opportunity to visit the Negev Desert in Southern Israel, and while we were in the desert, Chris was determined to go on a camel ride. And we heard there was this Bedouin who had camels and [...]

I get to talk this weekend about something Chris and I are so passionate about. In fact, it's really our life's passion, and that is to live our lives and to live out our faith in such a way that our kids and their kids see that God is [...]

There was a pastor who loved to play golf and one Saturday, he noticed that the weather on Sunday was supposed to be just perfect. And so he started thinking, I never get to play golf on Sunday morning. I don't think it would hurt, just this [...]

We're starting a new series this weekend called "The Power of Honor". We're gonna look at one of the most amazing and transforming principles in God's Word. In fact, it's the very key that unlocks the blessings of God [...]

The moments in this life that are just so beautiful and glorious like a sunrise over the Grand Canyon, or the feeling of falling head over heels in love, or the first cry of a newborn baby, those moments, they shout with certainty we have a God who [...]

Last week, Chris and I had the opportunity to go to Jerusalem and meet with some leaders and in between meetings we had the opportunity to explore a little bit, and we've been to the Holy Land several times, and had the privilege of going to [...]

Hey, we're in this series on the "Power of Honor," as honor is the key to unlocking the blessings of God in your life, and dishonor blocks all the blessings that God wants to give you because he wants to bless you. And it all starts [...]

Well, it all started with Discovery Channel's "Shark Week". But now there are shark shows on just about every channel. From "Shark Behavior" to "Shark Attacks," and that's the ones I like. I like to watch the [...]

One of the craziest "Shark Week" specials aired in 2003 when shark researcher Erich Ritter, who said his knowledge of shark behavior kept him from being bitten, lost part of his leg when he was bitten by a bull shark while the cameras were [...]

Alexander the Great, in his quest to conquer the world, had to face the Persian army, he had to face the whole Persian Empire. So, in 334 BC, Alexander led a fleet of ships across the Dardanelle Strait into Asia Minor, and when he reached the shore, [...]

We're in a series we're calling, "Set Your Sails," and we're learning how to live with divine momentum and clear direction, because if there was ever a time when we need clear direction, it's in these confusing times. [...]

When I got my first job as a pastor, even before I was settled in I got a call from a funeral director who asked me to do a funeral for a man. He said, "Kerry, could you preach this funeral"? And I said, "Well, did the guy go to our [...]

Have you ever had that unsettling feeling that you were made for more; that you were made for more than how you're living right now, you were made for more than what you're experiencing right now? Maybe everything in your life is okay, but [...]

I'm really excited about this weekend because I'm starting a new series I've been wanting to do for quite some time. I'm calling it "The Five Things I Want My Kids to Remember Forever". But really it's not a series [...]

Hey, we started this new series that I'm calling "Five Things that I Want my Kids to Remember Forever," but really I could say it's five things that I want all of us to remember forever. These are five things that Chris and I [...]

Maybe one of your New Year's resolutions is to pick up a new sport or a new hobby. Well, I've got one for you. Ax throwing. It's great marriage therapy as well. Ax throwing. Did you know ax throwing is now an international sport? I [...]

Growing up, I remember watching one of the best relief pitchers of all time, Tug McGraw. He won two world series with the New York Mets and then he became a Philadelphia Phillies legend. He was one of the best closers in Phillies history, and I [...]

This last week, Chris and I had a few amazing days in Yellowstone National Park, and it was quite a blessing. She'd never been, and I hadn't been since I was a kid when my parents loaded us up in the family station wagon, you know, one of [...]

Have you ever wondered what Jesus really looked like on this earth? Maybe you haven't, because you have this image of Jesus that you've never really questioned, the image that comes from the way artists have painted Jesus throughout the [...]

Recently, our kids and all of our grandchildren were coming back from a trip when the plane landed at Bush Intercontinental Airport. And our grandkids who had been really excited about the plane ride when it took off, were now way over it. And all [...]

In this series, we're looking at the "Power of Honor," because honor's the key that unlocks the blessings of God in our lives while dishonor blocks the blessings that God really wants to give each and every one of us. And it all [...]

Now, this week we're celebrating the 29th anniversary of Woodlands Church, which is really cool. God's done so much. Today we're just thanking God for all he's done, and we're thanking him for what he's getting ready to [...]

On October 28, 1991, the North Atlantic experienced one of the rarest weather events of the century: Three separate weather systems were perfectly aligned to come together on a collision course. A great lake storm was moving east, a Canadian cold [...]

Hey, we just started a new series that's all about a two-word prayer. Now, it's not a very impressive prayer. It's not a very intellectual prayer. It's so simple, it doesn't sound like a very spiritual prayer. I mean, when [...]

One second after you die, you'll either experience the greatest celebration for all eternity or the greatest separation for all eternity. In that single moment when you breathe your last and enter eternity, everything will come into brilliant [...]

Chris: Hey, church family. Good morning. It is so great to see you guys. We're so happy you're here because we're kicking off this new series we're so excited about, and it's all about heaven. And it has the potential to [...]

Steven Paul Jobs died on October 5th, 2011, at 56 years of age as one of the greatest inventors the world has ever seen, on par with the likes of Thomas Edison. Steve Jobs built the Apple Corporation and one of the world's most valuable [...]

In April 2013, a fishing vessel was attacked off the coast of South Africa, killing everyone on board. A TV crew documented marine biologist Collin Drake as he worked to determine the predator responsible. His discovery is presented in shocking [...]

Chris and I recently went to Sweden to celebrate our dear friend Vivian's 80th birthday. And we love Vivian. She's the wife of the dean of Woodland Seminary, Kjell Axel Johanson. And they live in Sweden, but, as many of you know, [...]

We're in this faith-building series we're calling the "Wilderness Survival Guide," because there are many times in life where we find ourselves in the wilderness and we don't know which way to go. And maybe it's a [...]

Fear is an emotion shared by every person who's ever lived. We all have fears. God gave us the ability to fear. Fear is not a bad thing. The emotion of fear can protect us from danger. For example, if you're walking in the woods and you [...]

This weekend, we're concluding the series "Five Things God Wants All His Kids to Remember," and the one we're talking about today has one of the most important things that you can ever learn. It's been one of the most [...]

Starting a new series this weekend that's really just a two-word prayer, and even though the prayer is just two words, it's a powerful prayer because it brings all heaven to the rescue. When you pray this two-word prayer, you have all the [...]

You know, we're starting a new series leading up to our Christmas Eve services, and the whole series is based on Jesus's words in Matthew 6:33. So, would you open your Bibles there? And would you stand in honor of God's Word, [...]

Every one of us are a mix of awesome and awful. We're all part miracle and part messed up. We're all a mix of divine and dysfunction, and all families are dysfunctional to some degree, even in the best families. And have you ever noticed [...]

A classic science project in junior high is the egg drop challenge. How many of you know what I'm talking about? Yeah. Of course, the egg drop challenge involves each student attempting to devise a contraption that will protect an egg from [...]

Hey, everyone. We're in a church-wide challenge that we're calling the "Heaven On Earth Adventure" because in the Lord's Prayer Jesus taught us to pray, "Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom [...]