Several years ago, I got scammed.I returned home from a LONG meeting… it was about 9:45 pm. To my surprise, the kids were still awake, and Tracie’s first excitable words to me were, “You’ve won a car!...  Read More

“….And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock, I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.” – Matt 16:18The passage above has perhaps been one of the most discussed i...  Read More

t Jesus Christ wants to transform the world. His message, life, and power is the only force that can. To do this takes a healthy balance of Christian discipleship and influence. Many are familiar with...  Read More

I have been recently thinking a lot about the issue of brokenness. A state of our heart that we often want to overlook, dismiss and wash away in so much of our feel-good Christianity. I am increasingl...  Read More

I have invented a new term this week - “zealousy.” It’s not a real word, but I want it to define how, with great zeal, we must share God’s jealousy for those people and things that are allowed to riva...  Read More

Little is known or shared about a guy called Lamech … don't leave the kind of legacy we would want. Lamech was the great, great, great-grandson of Cain and had two wives and at least a couple of sons ...  Read More

One of my favorite passages of scripture has been, for many years, the clear, simple instructions that are found in Micah 6:8. These concise words state how it is that we should live if we want to ple...  Read More

Brokenness is a state of our heart that we often want to overlook, dismiss and wash away in so much of our feel-good Christianity. I am increasingly convinced that brokenness is essential if a followe...  Read More

The Psalmist tells us that God’s hands are faithful, fair, and trustworthy (Psalm 111:7). Because of this, it makes joyful sense to commit everything about us into his hands (Psalm 31:5). It is there ...  Read More

Increasingly my heart beats faster with the idea that Jesus Christ wants to transform the world. In some circles to say such a thing has become a powerless cliché. For many of my early years as a beli...  Read More

The essence of transformation is that who we are and what we do is 180 degrees from who we were. To follow Christ means that we are living our lives in a completely different way and for a completely ...  Read More

Recently I spoke on and compared our relationship with Jesus as a growth continuum, similar to climbing a step ladder. The premise is that we all, no matter where we are in our relationship with God, ...  Read More