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August 2021

August 08, 2021
(This post is the first in a series of expositional posts on 1 Samuel. Though...

July 2021

July 21, 2021
  Sometimes you just need to be reminded that Jesus loves you. As the stresses...
July 12, 2021
Many Christians struggle to read their Bibles every day. If you bring this issue up...

June 2021

June 30, 2021
Mention prayer around most Christians and you are sure to see some people hang their...
June 27, 2021
After 18 years of pastoring full-time, I stepped away from leadership, got a  full-time job...
June 23, 2021
Every once in a while, you read a book at the perfect time. When COVID...
June 21, 2021
When I was younger, after preaching a couple of family funerals and weddings, I asked...

February 2021

February 16, 2021
When I was a young pastor, one of my favorite sounds was to hear people...

December 2020

December 28, 2020
I am writing this post from the front room of our home, which my wife...

November 2020

November 24, 2020
I can still remember the ritual we went through every morning in my 2nd-grade class....
November 22, 2020
When I was a young Christian, the people who discipled me pointed out the importance...
November 11, 2020
When I was younger, if you wanted to know what the latest news was, you...
November 08, 2020
Parenting has been different than I imagined it would be as we prepared to welcome...

October 2020

October 26, 2020
For the past several years, I’ve been reading through Wendell Berry’s Port William novels. Berry,...
October 16, 2020
In an honest moment at lunch after church one Sunday I slammed my hand down...
October 13, 2020
“How to Master the Art of Disagreement- In the Church and on Social Media” We...
October 11, 2020
Some sins feel like they stick around for decades. This is especially true for those...
October 10, 2020
Every Christian knows the feeling. You know you need to pray, but the words don’t...
October 06, 2020
“Preacher, watch your tone in the pulpit.” I learned a lot from Dr. Hershael York...
October 04, 2020
Many Christians throughout the centuries have dealt with a lack of assurance. They think they...

March 2020

March 31, 2020
When I was a kid, William Shatner hosted a program called Rescue 911. The show...

July 2019

July 15, 2019
I have been using the Moment app for several years now to track the time...
July 09, 2019
Early in my Christian life, I heard the famous quote from the English pastor and...
July 01, 2019
For the better part of two decades, Christians have appealed to emotion and enthusiasm as...

April 2019

April 07, 2019
“The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes along and...

December 2018

December 24, 2018
My life has been enriched by great books. Through reading, my walk with Christ has...

November 2018

November 23, 2018
There aren’t enough songs for sad Christians. I realize most people like to pretend that...
November 14, 2018
We will never truly understand life until we understand that every person in the world...
November 10, 2018
If you grew up in the United States you have spent your entire life hearing...
November 03, 2018
Have you ever heard someone say something when you were younger and it didn’t make...
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