Born To Die: What Was God Thinking?!

The crucifixion isn’t just part of the Christmas story, it’s the reason for it. The “reason for the season” is Jesus’ birth; but the reason for His birth is His death. Christmas Eve Candlelight service. From December 24, 2022

Book of Love: Bringing His Story to Life

This world – and everything in it – is God’s big production. And by living it, you can come to know Him. From December 18, 2022

Still Christmas: In Spite of Sectacular Clausmas

What are you most celebrating this season: Christmas or Clausmas? From December 11, 2022

Yes Please: Getting Over Offense

Have you ever made a single mistake? Then you’re “guilty” of imperfection! We’re just being asked to admit that our actions are in conflict with our best self. From December 4, 2022

No Thanks: The Fear of Being Indebted

Deep down, we desire to be indebted to no one. It makes us feel weak and needy and oh-so vulnerable to the giver. From November 27, 2022

Thanks-living II: Credit Check

All glory belongs to God because as the Creator of the universe, He gets credit for everything in it! And by neglecting to give correct credit, we become both a liar and a thief. From November 20, 2022

Thanks-living: Give ‘em a Peace of Your Mind

Philippians gives us the four-part plan for inner peace – just in time for the holidays: Worry about nothing. Pray about everything. Thank God for all things. Focus on good things. From November 13, 2022

Ship Shape: Setting Ourselves for Smooth Sailing

We need a wartime mindset toward sin. Aware. Prepared. Alert. Because our mindset determines our direction, and steers our heart accordingly. From November 6, 2022

Murder for Higher: Convicted Killers of the Old Self

Whether or not we admit it, you and I are in a death-match with sin. So as we work to muster the courage to master our enemy, remember, it’s kill or be killed! From October 30, 2022

Sincere Failures: Managing as Junior Shepherds

Just like Peter, from time to time we all do dumb stuff. And we do unloving things to those we most love. But our faith doesn’t fail when we fail. From October 23, 2022

Un-breakable Hearts: Helping Hurt Feelings

Little moments of profound heartbreak happen unintentionally every day in the lives of every person that openly loves anything. Why do we break down when we’re supposed to build up? From October 16, 2022

Wait Watchers: Wise Waiting vs. Self-Serving

Know why we refer to servers as waiters? ‘Serving’ requires attentive ‘waiting’. And as good waiters, we must be eagerly anticipating our Father and Friend. From October 9, 2022

Living It Up: The Mind Set for Life

This life was deliberately designed to challenge and change our hearts and minds. It’s where we see the symptoms (of sin in our lives) that compel us to find a cure. From October 2, 2022

Glorious Riches: Choosing To Be Cheerful and Blessed

Are you a cheerful giver? It’s a no-win situation for believers who feel guilty when they don’t give, and are reluctant when they do give. From September 25, 2022

Heaven Cent: Storing Up Incorruptible Treasure

The moth, the rust, and the thief: altogether they demonstrate the full foolishness of making material possessions the meaning of our lives. From September 18, 2022

Lame Offerings: Choosing to Give God Our Best

Whatever you do, don’t just give God your leftovers. Especially since He only asks for one thin slice. From September 11, 2022

Talent Show: Giving All We Got

When we risk our talents for God’s kingdom, we can’t lose! In fact, the only way we can lose, is to hide our talents or bury them in earthly pursuits. From September 4, 2022

Treasure Test: Revealing the Heart in Our Chest

First, we gotta see truth as treasure. Then we gotta seek it, find it, and secure it in our heart. And then we gotta share the wealth. From August 28, 2022

Un-Earthed: Hunting Transcendent Treasure

An actual encounter with God’s truth will shake your position and power, your perspective and perception, and your priorities and plans! From August 21, 2022

Missing Treasure: Digging the Hoard of the Lord

God gladly trades His treasure for our trash. But finding those pearls of wisdom of the knowledge of God requires some serious, ongoing seeking. From August 14, 2022

No to Self: Knowing We Don’t Know

If we want an untainted truth, we gotta go beyond our biased brains. From August 7, 2022

What’s Shakin’? The Testing and Training of Trusting

Our Father will rattle everything in us and around us till all our trust is settled and firmly founded on our Rock. From July 31, 2022

Truth Rx: Accepting the Pain of Change

Truth presents the threat of change. And truth is only seen as a threat when it jeopardizes something we love, like comfort or control. From July 24, 2022

Parallel Dimensions: Your Walk in the Word and World

God’s truth is plainly painted all over our planet because He carefully crafted this world with infinite evidence of His nature. From July 17, 2022

Bible Forensics: Rightly Dividing the Depths of Truth

Ever heard of a “trust fall”? Well it doesn’t work out so well on your own! So learn to lean on your greatest Supporter and Cheer Leader! From July 10, 2022

Repossessed: Possessing Single-Minded Trust

Our struggles drive our faith to depths possible no other way … if we trust the invincible power, unrivaled authority, eternal perspective, and infinite love in a single-minded sort of way. From July 3, 2022

Open Book: Testing Ourselves With God’s Word

“Bible forensics” is digging past the surface of Scripture by using our God-given reasoning to reconstruct the details and stories not explicitly stated. From June 26, 2022

Like a Father: The Human Dad God Had

God isn’t “like” a father … He is the Father! Joseph was like a Father, because everything good about fatherhood is a mere reflection of our Everlasting Father! From June 19, 2022

Acts of Gad: The Good, the Gad, and the Smugly

I can get my ignorance and assumptions out of His way by loading His Word into my heart. From June 12, 2022

That’s My Guy: Seeing Is Believing

The picture we present in our life preaches the God we trust with our life. It’s the outer, visible effect of our inner, invisible cause. From June 5, 2022

Ripe for Repentance: The Gospel of the Gadarene – Q&A

Question and Answer session. From May 29, 2022

Ripe for Repentance: The Gospel of the Gadarene

The moral of the fig tree parable is clear: when the Lord comes to us, we better be ripe for repentance! Whether as a nation or an individual. From May 29, 2022

Legion Siegin’: Deploying Death-Defying Faith – Q&A

Question and Answer session. From May 22, 2022

Legion Siegin’: Deploying Death-Defying Faith

Nobody gets out of this battle alive … without Christ. Your enemies aren’t even your enemies; they’re just a tactic used to distract you, by your real enemy. From May 22, 2022

True Story: Finding Yourself in the Script.

Who do you see yourself in – in the Bible? Can you relate to anybody’s faults, flaws, desires, difficulties, set-backs, success, compassion, sorrow, pain, or joy? (No Q&A due to baptisms today.) From May 15, 2022

Mourning Glory: When Jesus Made a Mother’s Day

Whatever you’re facing, listen closely and you’ll hear Him say, “Your suffering breaks My heart; but just trust and wait … and watch what I can do!” From May 8, 2022

Legion & Leviathan: Stockpiling Stories So God Can Speak – Q&A

Question and Answer session. From May 1, 2022

Legion & Leviathan: Stockpiling Stories So God Can Speak

By storing up the lessons in the Bible’s stories, your subconscious will be collecting the clues that God will use to speak specifically to you, when you need to hear Him most. From May 1, 2022

Storybook: A Treasury of the Heart

These secrets to reading the Bible will transform your perspective: from seeing the Bible as a burdensome book, to an exciting story of salvation that Dad wrote down to draw us in! From April 24, 2022

YAH Who? The Name Above Every Name

Jesus has a lot of names: Yeshua; Messiah; Lord; Emanuel; Prince of Peace; The Christ; The Branch; The Lamb. But what’s His real name? The name above all His other names? From April 17, 2022

Sinister Symptoms: Getting Under the Surface of Sin – Q&A

Question and Answer session. From April 10, 2022

Sinister Symptoms: Getting Under the Surface of Sin

For a new life in Christ, we gotta go below the symptoms, and really invite Him deep down in, and let Him get His hands on the very source of our sin. From April 10, 2022

Take Heart: Accepting Unwanted Answers to Prayer – Q&A

Question and Answer session. From April 3, 2022

Take Heart: Accepting Unwanted Answers to Prayer

When it comes to our prayers, it’s hard to tell when we’re in His will or in His way. From April 3, 2022

Calm Down: Faith in the Midst of the Storm – Q&A

Question and Answer session. From March 27, 2022

Calm Down: Faith in the Midst of the Storm

Somewhere deep in a crisis, there’ll be a moment for most believers when we quiet down and figure out, with God’s help, what it is we need to face and change. From March 27, 2022

Temptation Island: Standing Firm in God’s Will – Q&A

Question and Answer session. From March 20, 2022

Temptation Island: Standing Firm in God’s Will

Paul’s shipwreck story is actually about the Lord sending him to Temptation Island! And it’s one of the greatest stories of faith you’ve never read. From March 20, 2022

A Way in the Will: Seeing Is Believing Is Sharing – Q&A

Question and Answer session. From March 13, 2022

A Way in the Will: Seeing Is Believing Is Sharing

Paul recognized the Gospel’s supremacy and its sufficiency and our significance, and that’s what pushed him to feel “obligated“ and “eager“ and “unashamed“ to share. From March 13, 2022

Saints Alive: Obedience That Comes From Faith – Q&A

Question and Answer session. From March 6, 2022

Saints Alive: Obedience That Comes From Faith

Obedience that comes from faith is when you know what you’re supposed to do, but it doesn’t make sense to you. From March 6, 2022

Twisted Truth: Guarding God’s Good Name – Q&A

Question and Answer session. From February 27, 2022

Twisted Truth: Guarding God’s Good Name

Whenever anyone uses God’s good name to shore up their less-than perfect reputation of reliability for being trustworthy, they’re buying trust on His credit. From February 27, 2022

Inside Out: Putting Anger in Its Place – Q&A

Question and Answer session. From February 20, 2022

Inside Out: Putting Anger in Its Place

Anger is simply defending something you love. Without even trying, our anger provides an honest snapshot of whatever is in our heart. From February 20, 2022

Heart Failure: How to Attack a Heart of Hate – Q&A

Question and Answer session. From February 13, 2022

Heart Failure: How to Attack a Heart of Hate

You can’t ignore physical murder, but we sure deceive ourselves about heart murder. Especially if it feels like nothing more than a wish someone would just disappear. From February 13, 2022

Sacred Hatred: When to Hate What and How – Q&A

Question and Answer session. From February 6, 2022

Sacred Hatred: When to Hate What and How

Turn the other cheek, but don’t be a blockhead! In every situation we need to first turn and read the room and ask the Lord: What time is it? From February 6, 2022

Loved to Death: Beholding the Power to Die to Self – Q&A

Question and Answer session. From January 30, 2022

Loved to Death: Beholding the Power to Die to Self

Last Sunday we talked about “dying to self” so we won’t “remain in death”. However, there is a necessary prep step to that: It’s called beholding. From January 30, 2022

Dying to Live: Offering Ourselves as Living Sacrifices – Q&A

Question and Answer session. From January 23, 2022

Dying to Live: Offering Ourselves as Living Sacrifices

A living sacrifice is an ongoing commitment of complete surrender to live and love as the Lord loves us, rather than trying to save your bacon! From January 23, 2022

Way To Go: Confidence Confirmed by Actions – Q&A

Question and Answer session. From January 16, 2022

Way To Go: Confidence Confirmed by Actions

Our perspective of faith can bring peace and joy even when facing fear and pain, like a woman giving birth ... without an epidural. From January 16, 2022

Jumping to Conclusions: Seeing Your New Being

I survived failure. And I now know that I will again! Because it’s part of the process that God designed to grow us into His loving, trusting kids. From January 9, 2022

Forget You: Getting to Know the New You

Get to know the new you this new year, by realizing you’re only seeing part of the “you” picture. From January 2, 2022