I asked the kids at school this morning what are some traits of good friends and this is what they said: trustworthy, uplifting, encouraging, humorous, reliable, kind. Then I asked if anyone has ever ...
Generational “Curses” We tend to want to blame every sin and problem on some sort of generational curse. This, however, is not biblical. God’s warning to “visit iniquity on future...
Love Your Enemy We are to love and pray for our enemies. But just as all the good principles of the bible, the post modern culture has twisted this simple idea into impossible and impractical forms. ...
The “#expectmore” movement is a call for the lay christian to hold his church accountable to the purpose for which it was called. Not to leave a church because they are not being fed or are unha...
Turn the other Cheek God is not a pacifist nor does he encourage it in his children. The phrase of ‘turn the other cheek’ has long been used out of context to suggest this very thing however. Mt...
“You are offensive and that is not christlike.” oh really? In Mt 12:34 Jesus called the Pharisees’ mothers snakes. In John 8:6-11 he offended a group one by o...
Ensuring religious freedom is not persecuting those who don’t want others to have it. No one should be forced to do business in a free society against their moral conscience. We are not talkin...
“And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” There is a ton of pressure on Christians in the culture to be perfect. It’s cr...
Do Good This lie is the enemy’s most pernicious weapon. He tricks us into thinking that being a christian is about what we do or don’t do. It is not. We tend to judge our christian walk by...
We often let this lie infiltrate our thinking and our philosophy. It always leads to frustration and can eat away at our faith. What is this insidious lie? “God wants us to be happy.” No!...
Veritology The definition of truth is that which conforms to reality and so the opposite of truth is not a lie but insanity or that which does not conform to reality. A lie then is a perversion of tru...
the Ministry Lie We should be very careful how we speak about the ministries that the Lord has called us to. How we speak effects how we think (James 3:3-4). Many times those of us who are called to...