Free at last, my sins are forgiven! Thank God, I’m free at last … but what does this MEAN? Forgiveness of sin means I am ...
“… intent on one purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.” –Philippians 2:2b-3 ...
The difference between “worthy” and “entitled” is a willingness to do the work. A worthy person believes they are qualified to receive good things, and ...
My 5-year old daughter loves to find birds in our neighborhood and try to call them to come to her. “Tweet tweet” she says. “Tweet ...
Every new day is a new page, blank on one side and covered on the other with all that has come before. You cannot change ...
Have you ever had that moment where you stand on a scale to weigh yourself, see the numbers fluctuating, and try to *will* them to ...
I got lost at DFW International Airport when I was 6 years old. My father and I were there to pick up a family member, ...
“This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith.” -1 John 5:4b God has shown you the pathway to ultimate victory, a salvation ...
On a bike ride with my family the other day, a black snake darted right across our path. Thankfully, we simply rolled on by and ...
There is so much sin, failure, and wrong in the lineage of Jesus recorded in Matthew 1 that you might think these people would be ...
This is my Easy Button, a desktop toy from Staples that added flare and fun to my working environment for many years. I’m throwing it ...
GREAT LEADERS know when to step up, and when to step down. They are ready to step in when needed, and willing to step aside ...
A couple of weeks ago, billionaire Jeff Bezos had a really, really important conversation with a 90-year old man that could have gone really, really ...
Did you hear Captain Kirk finally made it to space for real? Last week, 90-year-old William Shatner not only became the oldest person ever to ...
On September 11, 2001, I was working at the News-Press, our local paper. Like every other American, that morning I woke to a new world, ...
Plenty of people talk about the power of organic marketing and how simple it can be when done correctly. But if you do it wrong… ...
A few weeks ago I got sick and wondered what everyone does these days… “Is it Covid? It turns out it wasn’t, but… I was ...
It’s easy to assume the current way you’re working, living, and operating is just “the way things are.” Until you discover a better way. It’s ...
Remember when the whole world lost their mind over toilet paper? Stores couldn’t keep it in stock. People hoarded it and treated it like gold. ...
Scripture Notes on Luke 10 “But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.’ …
TOPICS: confidence, discipleship, evangelism, Luke 10, mission, rejection, witnessing
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.” (Matthew 23:23) —– Sometimes in the Christian life it’s easy to …
TOPICS: discipleship, faithfulness, greed, justice, Matthew 23, mercy, Pharisees, tithing
You were not designed for standing still. “For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.” -1 Corinthians 4:20 The goal and growth of a disciple is not information, not inspiration, not even transformation. It is INCARNATION, truly becoming the body of Christ on the earth. …
TOPICS: 1 Corinthians 4, 2 Corinthians 3, discipleship, following, incarnation, transformation
When people think of you, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? “Paul came also to Derbe and Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy.” -Acts 16:1 In literature, the “principle of first mention” is that whatever is said of a character, place or action when it first appears …
TOPICS: Acts 16, christian life, discipleship, Timothy
In Christ, FELLOWSHIP and “FOLLOWSHIP” are two sides of the same coin. If you would have fellowship with Christ, follow His teaching and commands. Once you have been in fellowship with Him, following Him will be the “new natural” desire of your heart. In Christ, we must always “follow our …
TOPICS: discipleship, fellowship, followship, heart
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