Don’t Be a Baby Christian Learn how to eat spiritual food and feed yourself The author of Hebrews (who I suspect was Paul) warns the young church, the followers of Jesus, that they need to grow up. Though many of them should be mature enough to...
Jeremiah Teaches Us About the Lament Sometimes our laments blame God for our pain, when we are the source of our troubles A lament is an expression of grief, sorrow, pain, regret, despair…you get the picture. Lament occurs when life overwhelms...
Church Community is Key: Seek Connection At All Costs If the church service you attend doesn’t provide meaningful connection, then you need to fix it or find a different church Despite being the most connected generation, Millennials are also...
Leadership Lessons from the Book of Judges The people did as they saw fit in the book of Judges; things aren’t much different today The book of Judges is a curious one, containing some really questionable content, especially toward the end of the...
Are You a Friend of Sinners? It’s hard to embrace those who are different from us but we should The word sin is an unpopular one in today’s culture. Postmodern thinking rejects moral absolutes and advocates that anything goes. Under an ideal of...
The Bible Reveals God the Father to Us Father God is the star of the Old Testament; it explains his expectations and shows his care The story arc in the Bible is God’s relationship to us: the creator and his creation. Most people of faith—the...
What is the Cost of Obeying God? Jeremiah said what God told him to say and suffered for it Jeremiah’s time as a spokesman for God is filled with frustration. Not only do the people ignore what he tells them, they sometimes do exactly the...
Church Is For Girls The modern church is geared toward women and men don’t fit I have known the title for this post for a long time. In my heart I knew it was true, but I struggled to articulate why. Now I can. I read David Murrow’s book Why Men...
Sometimes God Tells Us Not To Pray The Bible is full of surprising verses that we will do well to explore Sometimes I see things that surprise me when I read the Bible—things I think shouldn’t be there. One example is when God tells Jeremiah to...
Why Does God Sometimes Say “No?” We must trust that God always has our best interest in mind regardless of what happens I recently prayed for a friend who was interviewing for a job. I have prayed for her interviews many times in the past only to...
