I don’t know a statement more true than the one on the picture above. After 6 years with my wife, 5 of them married, I’d actually say it’s an understatement, but it is definitely true. When something is stagnant it is no longer fresh or life giving. That is what all relationships, but especially marriages,… [Read more…]
September 5, 2011
But, with that said, I do want to offer you the only answer to killing sin that has served me in these last several years, and that answer is a question. Do you, moment by moment, in the midst of the sin that you are about to commit, avail yourself of the power you have… [Read more…]
August 25, 2011
I was asked after the sermon a few weeks ago from Colossians 3:5-10, “How Do I Kill My Sin?” The inquirer said, “You gave me the ‘what’ and the ‘why,’ but how pastor, do I begin to put it to death, rather than simply manage it?” To answer this question, I’ll start with why I… [Read more…]
August 22, 2011
Courage Is Not Always Measured by the Ability to Win; It Is More Often Measured by the Ability to Sacrifice The gospel writer John says, “They took Jesus and flogged him (19:1)…And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head (v.2)… They…struck him with their hands and plucked the… [Read more…]
August 18, 2011
Courage Is Not Always Measured by the Ability to Win; It Is More Often Measured by the Ability to Sacrifice I was recently invited to participate in an event as the guest speaker, and I said these words to a group of young men there. The event was called Camp Grace, a camp specifically for… [Read more…]
May 16, 2011
April 18, 2011
God has created us, all of us, to worship Him, love Him, glorify Him, have Him as our deepest affection and live for His glory. We are meant to glorify God in every conceivable way because it’s what we were made for, and it’s how we express our love and devotion to Him, and the… [Read more…]
April 11, 2011
In the gospel of John, chapter 6, Jesus says “44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. 45 it is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned… [Read more…]
April 7, 2011
This is the lynch pin, because He chose us before the foundation of the world, and in love, He predestined us for adoption. So we are predestined, chosen, and adopted. Before time itself existed, before the Evil one turned in pride from God to his own works, before this world was even created, before Adam and… [Read more…]
January 18, 2012
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