While I was out praying tonight I was thinking of how can the western church get it’s power back. I’ve often heard people ask the question, “Why do we see miracles take place so much in other countries but not as much here in the States?” I’ve heard some pretty good answers, and I think […]
Read More The quest for relevanceMy Desire As long as I can remember I’ve had the desire to live a life in service to the Lord. However, most of the ways I’ve always dreamed of doing that revolved around scenarios that conveniently benefited me – like being on stages in front of lots people, selling lots of books, appearing on […]
Read More Surrendering to the plan of GodDon’t give up the fight Lately, my heart has really gone out to all the men in this world struggling with pornography that honestly believes that they can’t be free. They’ve dealt with it for so many years, they’ve fought so hard and failed themselves so many times that they have finally accepted that it’s […]
Read More How I got free from porn addiction10 ways politics are blinding followers of Jesus One thing that I don’t like about politics is how easy it is to accidentally get caught up in party loyalty instead of Christ-loyalty. If you’re not extremely careful you’ll end up identifying with, and even touting, anti-Christ platforms and ideals in the name of politics. When […]
Read More 10 ways politics are blinding believers of JesusWe are so quick to cut off anyone that disagrees with us. Political parties, racism, and theological difference are tearing our nation apart. When someone starts promoting ideals that we disagree with our knee-jerk reaction is to cut them off and hope that everyone else cuts them off. We secretly hope they lose their influence, […]
Read More Would you pray that their faith won’t fail?So last night my friends and I watched the movie “Holy Ghost: Reborn” that just came out. It was excellent! But it was interesting to me that people are making documentaries that are extremely successful over things that my friends and I do every week. I didn’t see one thing happen in that movie that we […]
Read More YOU can do outreach!Dear Christians, Have you ever listened to a sermon from a preacher who is an experienced and eloquent orator, yet their passion for God is just a memory from their youth? Or a praise and worship leader who has an amazing voice, yet only half-heartedly lives for the Lord? I’d much rather listen to an […]
Read More I’m not telling you how to live…There was a middle-aged gentleman that recently moved into our apartment complex. We’d see him walking his dog and we felt like we should invite him over for dinner. We didn’t really know why other than he always seemed alone and we assumed the holidays might be difficult for him. Last night was the only […]
Read More What’s Really ImportantIt makes me sad when I see such a misunderstanding of God in the Old Testament. I often see people comparing God in the Old Testament to Jesus in the New Testament as though God was this mean and abusive jerk whom Jesus had to step in to try to calm down. They compare and […]
Read More Is God mean? Understanding God’s actions in the Old TestamentWelcome back to part 5 of our 7 part “Praying Prayers That Get Answered” video series. Maybe you’ve been following along this series and you’ve been applying all the right principles and yet it would still appear that your prayers are not being answered, but is that really what’s happening? Today we’re talking about what […]
Read More What To Do When Your Prayers Seem To Remain Unanswered