What God Does with Our Sin
I tend to focus long on my sin, failing sometimes to take God at His Word and accept His forgiveness. When I do that,…
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Can You Hear God Above the Noise
You’re wired. You’re wireless. You’re digital. You’re more plugged in than ever before. In the midst of all the noise of life, can you…
My Advice to Young Pastors. Be Structured. Be Selfish. Be More Like Jesus.
If there was one nugget of advice I could give to each young pastor before entering the pastorate, it would have nothing to do…
Why Your Faithfulness To Jesus Doesn’t Matter (Apparently)
I was listening to an interview of a particular pastor today. I won’t share his name because, once I do, there is a fifty-fifty…
The Church Needs a Few More Hypocrites
A few weeks ago I officiated the marriage of my daughter, my firstborn and the first among my four kids to leap headlong into…
Does God Continue to Give Us Grace Even In Our Hypocrisy?
Check out this powerful message from Matt Chandler – author and lead pastor of teaching at The Village Church – talks about how God,…
3 Ways to Move Past Your Past
You’ve invested much of your time – your life, it feels – into something and in the end you ask yourself the question: “Was…