What is your idea of profit? Jesus once said, “People don’t live by bread alone, but by every word that comes out of the mouth of God.” Over the course of my time following Christ, I’ve heard many people reminisce their old church or Christian group, often times saying, “I used to be close to…
DetailsThe single best practice to change your spiritual life is…? Before I tell you what research says, let me tell you what I’ve noticed in my own life and watching others over 25 years of ministry. About 18 months ago, my son got me back into weight lifting. I realized I only have a…
DetailsI love Baptism—this Sunday people of all ages, all walks of life, every sordid past imaginable, will walk into that pool wearing jeans, in dresses, not letting anything get in their way of publicly identifying with Jesus! Such a beautiful picture of spiritual cleansing. But why baptism? I’ve noticed over the years that it makes…
DetailsNobody wants to die! Everyone wants success! I think this might be the biggest struggle for Christians and Christian leadership in our narcissistic, self-centered culture. We lead people to seek a Father who let his Son die to bring forth life! We follow a Savior who died to self: “Not my will…but Your will, Father.” We…
DetailsI asked Greg yesterday, “Have you ever opened your heart up to Jesus?” He said, “I don’t know.” “Would you want to?” I asked. If he said “yes” to you like he did to me, what would you do? The last four blog posts we’ve explored these three themes of the gospel (God’s good message…
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