Posts tagged “Faith”
Hey, you kids!
My ten-year-old buddies and I were messing around in a home under construction in our neighborhood. It was nighttime. We weren’t damaging anything, but…
Getting fit
Have you ever thought about the ways in which exercising and spending time with Jesus are similar? On the surface, your fitness goals and…
#beautiful
When I look in the mirror, I see what lots of 40-somethings presumably see: sags and wrinkles and thinning hair. You older folks are…
Hard words, happy hearts
I recently heard about a girl who was raised in a religion that added conditions to the gospel. “Believe in Jesus and you are…
Don’t lose your Easter joy
Have you noticed secular society largely ignores Easter? I suppose if you don’t believe in Jesus, there’s no reason to celebrate him rising from…
Follow a leader worth following
Would you want a surgeon to operate on you if he only made a half-hearted effort? Would you want an attorney to represent you…
A new joy and understanding
“When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their…
Truth and consequences
Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus said, “My kingdom is…
How to Worship when War Hits Home: The gospel will be preached
Last Christmas, a man from Afghanistan showed up at our church. Just in case you have never been my city, we don’t have very…
How to Worship when War Hits Home: Stand firm in Jesus
Honestly, war doesn’t make sense to me. Today, as I open my phone and scroll through another round of gruesome headlines, my sense of…
Overflow with thankfulness
“So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened…
Rest and grow in God’s Word
“So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened…
