Last night I watched the presidential debate. And one of the candidates said, “I am the only one on this stage who isn’t bought and paid for.” I thought about that. And a good, Christian response to that would be,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The very thing that we wanted most is the very thing that will destroy us. We have taken all we know and are capable of currently and put it all together in such a way as for it to advance our capabilities and possibilities faster than we could...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The other day, I was praying, and the thought I had to battle was that God is always going to make me struggle. Like he’s never going to give me straight blessings, but I’ll always get extra burdens, because I’m living under...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
1 Thessalonians 1:9 says that the Thessalonians turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.People today have idols when they think there are things that they can’t be happy without. Repentance is about turning from your idols...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Hebrews 12:2 says that Jesus “for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame.” It doesn’t mean that he was thinking, “I despise having to do this,” or “I despise all of you for...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
You know, people often pray, “God, use me.” Well, he is using you, the Bible makes that abundantly clear. When you became a Christian, you became an example. God IS using you. You get to really know God by really getting into what God...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
There is a good reason, a God reason that you feel a longing in your heart, a longing that nothing you do seems to satisfy. At least not for long. Maybe you have the resources to be like Solomon, and you can just go from thing to thing to thing....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Too much teaching today is focused on how to escape suffering. It leaves people unprepared to persevere. And that leads people away from God. I am not a good shepherd of the Great Shepherd if I do not prepare people to persevere. The perseverance...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Have you ever wondered why a bride’s dress has a long train? Well, the tradition started being used in weddings in medieval times. But that practice harkens back to 700 years before Jesus, to a vision that Isaiah had. A vision of Jesus in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
2 Corinthians 4:7 says – But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are jars of clay. That means we are vulnerable, and easily broken. But inside our vulnerable, broken...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
