The Price God Pays When We Bear His Name

You've misrepresented the kingdom. I have. We all have. Whether it was simply an off day or a deliberate decision, we've done things bearing the office of Christian faith that have embarrassed the God we worship. We have taken the Name we bear and we've dragged it through the mud. [Click title to read more.]

The Glory Of The Gap In Understanding

In the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus prayed for believers He would never meet in the flesh, those scattered from country to country in a far distant future. I don't know all there is to know in the Bible and I won't ever fully grasp it, but Jesus anticipated that in the future we would discover precisely what we needed to learn to find Him. [Click title to read more.]

The Future of America Does Not Depend On Politics. It Depends On You.

It's easy to complain. It's easy to pretend to ourselves that one vote or one candidate will make or break something. It's a lot less easy to go out and do the work of love. For all of us who sit around complaining about the way the world is, I wonder: have we been doing all that we can do to serve? [Click title to read more.]

God Works In The Quiet And The Dark

What I want you to know is that God is working when you don't think He is working. When you think He's stopped working. Long after you have resigned yourself to a "no," God is quietly, patiently, lovingly working. [Click title to read more.]

If You’re Having Trouble With Your Spiritual Sight, Try Looking Within

People often assume that Christianity is a faith that focuses on the external: on evangelizing others, on outward fruit and expressions of faith. It is external, in that sense, but it is also a deeply internal faith: it requires us to look inside our own hearts.[Click title to read more.]

Be A One-Person Ministry. No Hullabaloo Required.

I feel really compelled to encourage people today that if there's an idea you have for a ministry - if there is something that you'd love to do for God - you should do it. Now. Today. As much as you are able. [Click title to read more.]