Christian Living Are You Encouraging? 28 Aug 201428 Aug 2014 If there is anything I have been learning lately, it is just how important being encouraging is. So much of the Christian life lies in encouraging one another. So as…
Going Deeper… Waiting, Watching, Wondering 5 Aug 20147 Aug 2014 I'm in one of those seasons where there is a lot of waiting, watching, and wondering. Do you know the kind of seasons I am talking about? These are times…
Spiritual Formation… Fruits 25 Jul 201425 Jul 2014 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus…
A Tale of Three Women… Well Women 20 Jun 201420 Jun 2014 Now he had to go through Samaria (John 4:4, NIV). So the story of Jesus' meeting with the Samaritan woman begins. He had to go. He was doing His Father's…
Love… Honor One Another, Part 3 18 Jun 201418 Jun 2014 Honoring one another above yourself in that way is a strong indicator of a sincere love that is powered by God's saving grace. Why? Because placing such a high value…
Love… Honor One Another, Part 2 17 Jun 201417 Jun 2014 A great example of seeing honoring one another in action is in 2 Samuel 9:1-13 (NIV) where David lives this out for us in his honoring of Jonathan's son Mephibosheth.…
A Tale of Three Women… What Is It About “A Tale of Three Women?” 16 Jun 201416 Jun 2014 This past January I gave a message at my church titled A Tale of Three Women on Luke 7:36-50, which tells the story of Jesus having dinner at Simon the…
Going Deeper… Lessons from The Dark Knight Rises 12 Jun 20147 Aug 2014 In The Dark Knight Rises, the final film in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, Batman faces his strongest enemy yet, a villain called Bane. In their first meeting, Bane wipes the…
Christian Living Be Devoted to One Another, Part 3 5 Jun 20145 Jun 2014 Be devoted to one another in love (Romans 12:2). Are we? That is the question isn't it? Is that the kind of devotion that we have for one another? Having…
Grace… Lessons from Snot 30 May 201430 May 2014 Yesterday afternoon I was sitting in my car waiting for my daughter Maggie to get out of school. I had already picked up her sisters, Anna and Rachel, who attend…