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A personal encounter with God can't take place in a cognitive vacuum, yet one of the things most people like to do least, vacuum, has become a common heuristic in their faith and belief system. One...
Do you know what matters most to God? If you said "me", well you'd be wrong. Yes, Jesus died for you (John 3:16) Yes, you were designed for a purpose (Ephesians 2:10). One might surmise...
I know what you're asking, why should I even care? I don't even know who David Hume is. Well, it's about time you knew and its vital you ask this question. Do you attend David...
Do you like to give presents or receive gifts? What gift would you give a king? I enjoy giving gifts and on our tenth Anniversary I think I gave a queen size gift. I've not had the...
A photo I took from over Haiti shows how even the tiniest of vessels can cast a large net into what looks to be an overwhelming ocean. It is easy to feel overwhelmed in our...
Loving the sinner and hating this sin isn't enough...
The not so Simple Church The church is anything but simple. From the Disciples in the first century church to the birth of Protestantism in 1529 when German princes banded together, and signed a decree at...
Here's a graphic that displays the family tree of Church history and I'll run down the time line from the early disciples. I have people ask me about Church History and why do we have...
The prophet Jeremiah demonstrates what we are suppose to be bound to and what can happen if just listen. Jeremiah 13:11 "For as the loincloth clings to the waist of a man, so I made...
Whether you are single or married, there are many traps we men can fall into. I want to touch on three traps that you’ll probably face. Single Trap: But as much as God loves marriage, he...
The recent beheading of Coptic Christians is a tragedy. “Coptic” means “Egyptian,” and Christians living in Egypt identify themselves as Coptic Christians. As a denomination they originated in the city of Alexandria, one of the...
Read Genesis 27 and discover how while yet in our sin the blessing of a father already begin to unfold and are revealed as God redeems us from the sin holding us captive. God doesn't...
This is one of the most asked questions in my 23 years serving as a pastor. I’m going to attempt to address that question and it will lead us to discover something very beautiful. You...