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. Several years ago [...]

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 every [...]

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 about kids, it's not a [...]

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 have learned [...]

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 was watching [...]

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 those [...]

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 years. It's [...]

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 starts, of [...]

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 do. Because Chris and I are [...]

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 you pray this two-word [...]

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 focus. [...]

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 change, not only your life, [...]

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 companies. [...]

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, they've made the [...]

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 wilderness of unexpected [...]

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 hear a [...]

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 important things [...]

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 power of [...]

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, Woodlands Church? And I [...]

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 that it's [...]

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 breaking [...]

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 come, your [...]

You know, computer technology has come a long way with virtual reality, and I know it's really just beginning. It's kind of scary to think about where it's all going with VR. Recently, one of my kids got some VR goggles, and I put them on, and I [...]

Kerry Shook : Yeah. We're ready to rumble. Yeah. Chris and I are in the boxing ring because we're in this series we're calling "Fighting Fair," and conflict is inevitable in every close relationship. Whether it's a business partnership, a [...]

Are you at a place in some area of your life that you don't wanna be? Maybe it's a place of pain that you're just ready to be out of it. Maybe it's a place that you're stuck in that's filled with the problem that you're ready to be done with. Maybe [...]

Several years ago, Chris and I were on an anniversary vacation and we signed up for one of those shark dives. Now we like to scuba dive, but I have to say Chris is the really adventurous one in the family, especially between us two. She likes to go [...]

Well, we started a new series a couple of weeks ago where I'm sharing five of the most important things God has taught Chris and I through the years. And unfortunately, God has to keep teaching us these truths over and over again. We forget them so [...]

A few years ago, I was preaching in Stockholm, Sweden, and Chris and I had the opportunity to go to the building where they give out the Nobel Prizes, the same building where Francis Crick and James D. Watson, in 1953, were awarded the Nobel Prize [...]

Millions of us go to the beach every year, and we might get in up to our waist. If you're at Galveston Beach, it's pretty scary, because you can't see under the water at all. You don't know what's lurking under there, but you know things are; and if [...]

Kerry Shook : Have you ever thought about what Jesus ate? Have you ever thought about what his favorite food would be? The Bible says Jesus came eating and drinking. The Son of God in human flesh, ate and enjoyed food while they walked this earth. [...]

We're concluding the series we're calling "Dinner with Jesus" with the most important dinner that Jesus ate with his disciples, the Last Supper. It was the last time Jesus would eat dinner with all of them together before he went to the [...]

The deeper you dive into the ocean, the more light you need to be able to see anything, because light is diffused and as you go into the ocean, that light that is diffused can't break through and it gets darker and darker, you don't have to go down [...]

God is a master storyteller. The Creator of the universe is the creative writer who created you, and he loves stories, and he created you to love stories. Elie Wiesel said, "God made human beings because he loves stories," and it's so [...]

Hey, Woodlands Church, I'm here in the boxing ring because we're in this series on "Fighting Fair," and so I'm floatin' like a butterfly and stingin' like a bee here. Well, I'm not floating much, that's for sure, but we're in the ring [...]

Kerry Shook : Well, in this relationship series, we're having some fun with some classic board games, and we're using them to illustrate powerful relationship changing principles. Chris Shook : And as you can see, up here we have the classic [...]

Woodlands Church, this weekend we're concluding our series on Relationship Games by looking at one of the most popular games of all time: chess. Now, unlike some of the other games that we've looked at, chess requires a lot of skill, strategy, and [...]

In the 1960s, a pioneer scuba diver named Melvin Fisher had mounting bills and no purpose in life and so he moved his family from California to Florida. He was in search of the source of gold coins that were washing up on Vero Beach, and Fisher [...]

Someone last night said margaritas, so I'm glad you didn't do that. Mm-hm. Well, we all know that it's a proverb that encourages us to stay positive in the face of sour circumstances that come into our lives, and to make something sweet out of them. [...]

We're celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and we're gonna celebrate today. It's a party, it's a celebration service not a funeral service, so we're gonna celebrate. Jesus Christ is alive, and when Jesus rose from the dead 2000 years ago, [...]

Chris Shook : Happy Easter, Woodlands Church. Are you ready to celebrate? Yeah, Jesus Christ is alive. You can be seated. Without Easter, there would be no reason to celebrate, but Easter turns our sadness and mourning into celebration because [...]

Chris and I got hooked this year on the Netflix reality show "Alone". How many of you guys have seen "Alone"? They take these survival experts and they train them how to use video equipment, 'cause they got to film themselves, [...]

Today we're concluding the series about the spiritual battles that come into our lives, and every one of us have battles to fight, but God wants to give us his power for every battle. And this weekend, we're talking about the most important battle [...]