I have set the Lord continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Psalm 16:8
Over the last few weeks, I have been experiencing a personal outpouring of the Spirit along with an outpouring happening at our church. I have been ready to run through a wall at any moment, and a weepy puddle the next. It’s been messy, and it’s been beautiful. I witnessed the most powerful, drastic baptism…
Let me clarify from the outset that I feel compassion for any of you that struggle with debilitating anxiety, as I have been in those shoes. Occasionally, the suggestions and symptoms of anxiety try to rear their ugly head in my life. That being said, I’m absolutely tired of accepting ongoing anxiety as the normal…
Let me be clear, God doesn’t need your attention. He’s not insecure and attention-starved, hopelessly craving our validation. And yet, He has created us to live with our attention fixed on Him. This is not for His benefit; it’s because He knows that our attention fixed on Him is what’s best for us. He knows…
I consider it one of my greatest privileges to feed people the Word of God. I believe hearing the Word of God preached is vital to faith, and I never want to downplay the value of preaching. Though it is crucial, the hearing of good preaching can never replace the value of learning to feed…
Jesus, as He went about fulfilling the prophecy of Isaiah with signs and wonders such as the lame walking and the blind seeing, encounters John the Baptist’s low point in faith. Things were not going the way John envisioned, and yet Jesus pointed him back to the reality that the promised Kingdom was unfolding before…
When I was in high school, a new kid moved to town that was very shy and non-confrontational. Though he obviously had a given name, some kids in the school decided that it was not going to be his name, and called him a completely different name. Those kids had so effectively spread the news…
“Things which eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and heart cannot fully know…” If you’ve been in church life for any stretch of time, I have no doubt in my mind that you’ve heard this verse quoted. It’s a great verse, except it’s usually used to lump together everything we don’t understand…
Being a teacher is a great privilege that I don’t take lightly. I have always approached the preaching and teaching of the Word with the utmost care and reverence. I have set my heart to not just relay information and opinions about the Bible, as I don’t want to preach from what’s possible with man’s…
It seems like everything is directed towards Millennials these days. We are (apparently) the worst generation ever born, so we draw quite a bit of blame for ruining everything. At times, I kind of get it. There are some things about our generation that frustrate me to the core of my being – and yet…
I’d like to share with you a powerful vision for the church my wife had recently, just as she wrote it. She’ll be a “guest” blogger in a sense. Take the time to read it and let it soak in. Here it is: I saw a large tree on a giant piece of land. It’s…