Were you afraid of the dark growing up as a child? Maybe you still are? I had some mean uncles when I was a kid who loved to scare me in the dark. They would jump out from behind a tree as I was walking or be hidden in a closet when I went to…
Read MoreCan you be trusted? Trust is a person’s highest capital. If you can be trusted, you will be given significant responsibility. If you can’t then you will wallow in frustration of having to complete mundane tasks. Trust is also extended to our words. Are you honest? If you tell little white lies, you will be…
Read More There is rejoicing in heaven when one sinner repents. Can you imagine that in your mind? Heaven cares about us so much that it breaks into a party when a sinner repents and gives his life to Jesus. Every lost and hurting person matters to Jesus. Today we see him illustrate that in the…
Read MoreA recurring theme on this site is one of community. God created us to be a part of a vibrant community of people. If that community is healthy, then one of the priorities will be to build others up. A loving group of people wants to see each other grow in their faith and their gifts…
Read MoreNo one likes to be disciplined. It’s painful and humiliating. It reminds us that we are flawed and that we have failed. Job tells us of the blessings of correction. If there is someone who would know about correction it would be Job. He was righteous in God’s eyes and Satan asked to test him. Everything…
Read MoreOne of the Ten Commandments is to honor your parents. You can’t get around it. While people will debate what “honor” really means we are to speak to and treat our parents with respect and dignity. They were given to us by God, and no matter how good or bad they raised us we are…
Read MoreThere are a lot of things we can live for in this life. We can live for our family, or we can live for our work. As a Christian, we have to choose if we are going to live to please the flesh or please the Holy Spirit. Living to please the Holy Spirit means…
Read MoreIf there is a secret sauce that leads to a satisfying Christian life, it is learning how to serve one another through love. There are so many things we can do with our time, but serving is the one thing that brings unexpected joy. That doesn’t mean it is easy or it goes well all…
Read MoreWe are all created to be part of a family. Inside each of us is a need to be needed. That’s why God created the church to be a place where all of the lost and hurting people could come and be accepted. He adopts us into his family when we put our faith in Christ….
Read MoreWouldn’t it be so easy if we could reduce following Jesus down to a list of rules? “Do this.” “Don’t do that.” Then we would know exactly what to do when we are unsure. Well, that has already been attempted, and it didn’t work out too well. The Old Testament law was a list of rules,…
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