Staying grounded can be hard. Grounded in all that God has blessed me with, my marriage, my family, my career – you name it. The world always seems to want to draw my attention away. And let’s be real, here: it’s easy to give into the distractions. Today, John the Baptist (JB) shows us a life that is grounded in Jesus.
Read MoreReal love chooses. Real love gives. Real love risks. Real love costs. Have you thought about how God loves you? Right now?
Read MoreFirst impressions can last a lifetime. Remember your first date? Your first job interview? Remember sweating over what to wear? How about this: what is your first impression of meeting Jesus?
Read MoreDropping everything... this does require some discernment. People drop everything when an emergency arises, or a threatening situation appears, or when the vision of the future is big enough. Without prayer and godly counsel, I could spend my life running from one ill-advised big dream to another.
Read MoreWho is the person in your life who has said to you, “I believe in you – I believe you can do it!” Do you have such a person? Sports coaches, music directors, and more, inspire us, challenging and encouraging many to excel.
Read MoreImagine being enslaved for 400 years. Then, one night, God tells you to slaughter a lamb and cook it. (Sorry, no grocery store. You want meat? You kill it).
Read MoreWhen you go away and pray, it can get personal. But in December, I said I'd do that, and then come back in the New Year and share what's on my heart. In short, 3 things: God’s jealousy for me, the weight of leadership, and my need to value my wife more. (It's getting real!)
Read MoreWe are all living our lives based on some bigger story we believe to be true. What is the biggest story *you* are a part of?
Read MoreThis isn’t some battle between two opposite but equal opponents: good/evil, light/darkness. No, all that darkness? He has overcome it. Pause and ponder all that this means!
Read MoreIn Episode Two, Season Two, of Netflix’s The Crown, Queen Elizabeth faces a dilemma. We find her seated across from Evangelist Billy Graham, struggling with the sins of her uncle (and resigned King). She asks, “Is there anything unforgivable?” I sat, full of anticipation, waiting for Graham’s answer.
Read MoreRemember how Greek philosophers had a word that described this “ordering principle” that brought us into existence? That word in Greek is “Logos,” which in English is translates to “Word.” That word connects.
Read More“In the beginning.” Stop right there. Let’s not go any further. Remember how I said John gets philosophical and theological? It starts right now.
Read MoreDo you, or did you, have a best friend? Someone you “ran with” in your youth? Maybe someone more recent? A brother or sister in the military, a co-worker, a buddy from the gym who always cheers you on… you get the idea. You know, that person with whom you faced giants.
Read MoreYou and I will no doubt be inundated with Year-in-Review articles and “Top Tens” of 2017. Best albums, books, movies and more. As I reflect on 2017 at The Pocket Testament League, my list is a little different. There were so many opportunities to invite people to meet Jesus...
Read More“Forgive and forget.” Well, maybe. We want others to do that for our offenses.. but could you punish the jerk next to me! Forgiveness: we want it for ourselves. We want something else for those who hurt us. I suggest thinking through this concept of forgiveness is key to living.
Read MoreImagine, within the organization, people were saying—and saying it out loud—stop, wait, do not move forward. But the pervasive pressure to launch, to succeed, filled the organization. The result was that these small voices were relegated to the unsatisfying role of prophet.
Read MoreYet while a certain amount of suffering is the result of these billions of daily decisions, there is a next question that arises when we ponder what it means to hold a Christian view of God and to believe in Jesus. We accept that God loves us and that God is love, and yet we experience pain. Cannot God orchestrate the world so that His people escape pain?
Read MoreIf we submit everything to rational logic, then we will rule out some experiences of life as “not possible.” The first being the experience of giving and receiving love.
Read MoreDetermining the Ultimate Authority has led to a conflict between the two fields of Science and Faith. Quite frankly, if you ask the “man or woman on the street” if they see these two in conflict, I expect they would answer yes...
Read MoreWhat does loving God, another person, or yourself, cost you?
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