Jesus, The Great Teacher

Teaching is difficult. But Jesus embraced it. [Click title to read more.]

We Can’t Argue People Into Becoming Christians

Sometimes sharing Christ means leaving space for God to work. [Click title to read more.]

The Other Side of The Sacrifice

Physical torture and degradation is awful enough. But so much of the sacrifice that happened at the cross was unseen, a spiritual wound vast enough and deep enough and horrible enough to redeem the whole world. [Click title to read more.]

We Cannot Fake Or Force Being The “Pleasing Aroma” of Christ

A godly aroma is a natural by-product of a godly environment. It can't be faked, and it can't be forced. It is something that is created with us, not something that we can imitate [Click title to read more.]

Dangerous Assumptions

After some long and heavy conversations with people I had pegged as longtime believers, I realized that those in need of Christ aren’t just waiting outside in the secular world. They’re sitting in our pews. And they have been there for ages. [Click title to read more.]

What It Looks Like To Forget God

Yes, in a world that has forgotten God, sin will reign. And in a world that has forgotten God, love will be dead, too - along with mercy, and compassion, and forgiveness. [Click title to read more.]

The Hawk In My Yard: Or, Why Some People Struggle To Believe

It's at times like these that I understand why some people struggle to believe the Bible, and to believe God. I don't think it's just because of innate skepticism or because they can't bring themselves to believe in what they perceive to be myths; I think they're afraid it's too good to be true. [Click title to read more.]

The Christian’s Only Necessary Christmas To-Do List

Here is my list of five absolutely necessary things I need to do over the holidays to make sure that my heart is where it needs to be. [Click title to read more.]

Italian Nativities Changed The Way I Think of Christmas

As much as we attempt to sanctify it and memorialize it and put it on a pedestal, everything about the night of Christ's birth was as much human as holy. [Click title to read more.]

Make The Small Sacrifices

Sometimes as believers we think of Jesus' sacrifice and it's so easy to become overwhelmed because it was so big. And it was. But on our end? We can start with little things. [Click title to read more.]