Topic: Salvation, the GospelText: Colossians 1:21-23Takeaway: Once you were alienated from God, but now you are anchored in Christ. TENSION Years ago, I met this guy who was the last person I ever thought would become a Christian. He was…
Topic: humility, pride, selfishnessText: Philippians 2:1-16Takeaway: Think others first. TENSION I was driving down the 202 the other day with my family in the car during rush hour, and we are in the HOV lane. Because anytime I have the…
My family and I just got back from a wonderful trip. My Father recently retired after working 41 years for the same company. So we met the whole family in California to celebrate with him. We hit a few theme…
Have you ever felt lonely? It’s like an empty feeling of sadness when you feel isolated, rejected, or lacking any meaningful connection with someone else. But loneliness isn’t just something that hits people who are living all alone. You can…
Have you ever experienced prejudice? Has someone ever looked down on you because of something outside your control? Maybe it was because you were too young, too old, from another culture, wearing the wrong clothes, or from the wrong neighborhood….
Did you know that there are only two ways that you can learn about God? If you want to learn more about who God is and what he has done, there are only two ways we can do it. 1….
Imagine you are lost in the woods on a cold night and have nothing but a Bible. Would you ruin it to help get through the night? Would you use it to help start a fire or to rip pages…
What is envy? More importantly, how can we stop envy from stealing our happiness? Recently, I wrote about the difference between envy and jealousy. While we sometimes use the words interchangeably, there is a difference between jealousy and envy. The…
When you think of some of the defining attributes of who God is, what words come to mind? You probably think about God’s love, mercy, grace, omnipotence, justice, holiness, righteousness, or something along those lines. Did you think about how…