Jesus came that we may have life and have life abundantly. Unfortunately, Jesus’s words can be reduced to mean nothing much more than the American Dream or ‘Just living the dream.’ But what is this American Dream anyway? Well, thanks to Wiki we know that “the American...
Reclaim Your Story In part one of this blog, I focused on our testimony as it relates to our own sinful past. Part two focuses on our testimony as it relates to sins that were committed against us. We have all suffered from other people’s sins. Our lives here on earth...
We all have something to offer. From the moment of redemption in Christ Jesus, we have been brought from the Kingdom of Darkness into the Kingdom of Light. We have been born again and made new spiritually, but we have also been born into a new family, the body of...
We never “arrive” at perfect discipleship. Whether we are baby Christians making huge changes in our lives or veteran followers of Christ who have served and fought faithfully for years, we never arrive at being perfect disciples of Christ! The Holy Spirit is always...
So often it is easy to rely too heavily on someone or something other than God and develop a very unhealthy dependency, possibly even creating an idol in our life. We all have a tendency to do it. Personally, I have been guilty of making someone or something other...
We all know the story We know the story of the birth of Jesus and we know the story of the Resurrection. In the days before Covid, we would have Christmas Eve services and Easter morning services. Our churches were so packed that some were running six services and we...
Struggling to feel holly and jolly? As the song goes, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year...” Yet, for some of us it’s been hard to move into a space that reflects the reality of that sentiment. It may have been months since you last hugged your grandchildren,...
Jesus isn’t saving you so that when you die your soul can go to heaven. Good gravy, help us Lord! Jesus is saving you NOW to be conformed to His image NOW, so you can reproduce the culture of Heaven on the earth NOW (that’s called sanctification in the Bible). You’re...
There’s an old Johnny Cash song that goes like this, “If you're holding heaven, then spread it around. There's hungry hands reaching up here from the ground. Move over and share the high ground where you stood. So heavenly minded, you're no earthly good.” The song...
The culture is disciplining more and more Christians. ITS making disciples of us as we continue to reflect the values and practices of the world because the majority of Christians are making excuses, not disciples. If we’re in Christ, then God expects us to follow Jesus’ example and be disciples who can contribute to making disciples.