On January 6, 2021, something beyond horrendous occurred at the Capitol in the United States. What happened was unthinkable, and it left me wondering if words even exist to describe the ugliness of it. It was chaos, it was violent, and it was wrong. Christ’s name and a truly biblical understanding of Christianity was maligned … Continue reading Believers in Crisis
I hesitate to write on this topic, at the risk of ostracizing anyone. I hope that if you happen to disagree, you won’t just write me off based on one article, tossing out everything else I have written. Nonetheless, I weighed the cost and concluded that I must share on this issue with fellow believers … Continue reading Christian in a Pandemic: Face Masks and Loving Our Neighbors
The Christian life is often filled with busyness. Activity after activity fills the calendars of churches and the agendas of our lives. More and more we gravitate toward doing, serving and doing some more. Even our times of prayer can veer off into busyness and distraction. Blinded by our many needs and requests, we may … Continue reading The Epidemic of Christian Busyness
Prophetic Masquerade: Learn to Use the Word of God to Unmask the Wolves Among the Sheep is a book written by Kevin Kleint. This resourceful book uses God's Word to help us discern between true and false teachers/prophets and their messages. I have written about this topic before, highlighting a key element mentioned in the … Continue reading Prophetic Masquerade: Using God’s Word to Discern True and False Teaching (Book Review)
It's important to know God's Word and the messages we allow to influence us. Even when someone seems genuine or convincing in what they preach or share, their message may not be in agreement with God and the Gospel. As we take in numerous messages daily, what are they leading us toward--self or Christ? It's … Continue reading Discerning True from False in the Messages Influencing Us
Last Updated: July 3, 2020 Everything we do for God and in life should be saturated in worship and prayer to Him. We worship God because He is worthy of it, and we want others to see this displayed in how we conduct our lives. Because Jesus is worthy, we surrender our hearts to Him … Continue reading The Importance of Worship and Prayer
Have you ever been in conversation when someone begin to speak negatively about a person you knew? Did it grieve your heart to hear this individual gossiping or speaking negatively about them? Did you speak up and remind the person that this was wrong, or just act as if nothing bad was happening? Because God's … Continue reading Why People Gossip and Why It Should Grieve Our Hearts
The season of Lent consists of the forty days (minus Sundays) before Resurrection Sunday. So what do we do during Lent? This season is a time of examining our hearts toward God, and of fasting or abstaining from something in order to give more of ourselves to Christ. The days of Lent also remind us … Continue reading The Life-Giving Season of Lent: What Do We Do During Lent?
Last Updated: July 5, 2020 The world's ideas of success swirl around us. Drawn into its hurricane winds, we find ourselves wondering what success should look like in our seeming mundane lives. We wrestle with the pressure of others around us and their definitions of what success is to look like in our lives. I … Continue reading The Search for a Godly Definition of Success
Last Updated: July 2, 2020 As people who have taken Christ's name (Christian), we will desire to know Him more. We will want to cultivate relationship with Him, learning how to live in a way that pleases Him. So how can we grow in our walk with God? First, it requires us to set aside … Continue reading Cultivating Relationship with God Through Spiritual Disciplines
Last Updated: June 26, 2020 Did you know that some of the lies we struggle with can be extinguished as we do life together in our local church community? There are some lies we can be set free from especially as we do life with others in community. Things that can only be proven to … Continue reading Experiencing God’s Love in Community
Far too often the truth of God’s grace has been polluted with legalism, rules and religion, hindering the children of God from the fullness of a life-giving, intimate relationship with their Creator-Father, from receiving the acceptance and love purchased for them by Christ on Calvary. I recently read a book that helps fight against this … Continue reading The Ragamuffin Gospel (Book Review)
Come Matter Here: Your Invitation to Be Here in a Getting There World by Hannah Brencher brings us an important message: "Be where your feet are." Stay, go deep with others and make a difference where you are. Read on for some thoughts on this encouraging book. We often tend toward spending our lives waiting … Continue reading Come Matter Here by Hannah Brencher (Book Review)
Last Updated: June 13, 2020 We hear about needing to make prayer a priority often as believers. But why should we care so much about pray in the first place? In this article, discover five reasons why we should prioritize prayer. And, if you want to know more about how to pray, check out this … Continue reading Why We Should Pray: Five Reasons to Prioritize Prayer
We are called to be vessels of God’s love. And yet still, each of us is a work in progress as we seek to love others well. We want to grow in this area—or at least we want to want to. Yet as we open ourselves to God’s refining, we may shockingly discover that our … Continue reading Vessels of God’s Love: Growing to Love Others Well
Inspiring Passion for Jesus Christ 