We’ve had the privilege over the past year of getting to know a young professional baseball player. Being drafted right out of high school and sent to our town to train, his parents made sure he was established with a local church. It’s been great for the church and for my wife and me to […]

If you ride a bicycle, you’ve no doubt experienced the guy in the car who passes while yelling obscenities and other verbiage to let you know how he feels about your riding on his road and causing him to slow down.  If you get on Facebook, you cannot help but notice how many people are […]

There are people in this world who may be considered boring because they just consistently do their job without a bunch of fanfare. Day in and day out they are the ones upon whom you can count to be faithful. These are the people that most people overlook, but when there is a need these […]

When you think of the Sovereign God who created the heavens and the earth and Who rules all things by His power and for His glory, you may not be prone to think of His gentleness. His gentle side, however, points to a source of great blessing for us and a mark to which He […]

Nobody likes to hear someone brag. It’s quite sickening to be around someone who always takes the conversation to their accomplishments and acquisitions. There is something good about which to boast however, when you boast of the Lord Jesus Christ and His accomplishment. Galatians 6:14 (ESV) — 14 But far be it from me to […]

Have you ever noticed how enticing fear can be? Just watch the “teaser” they give in the midst of the news report before they go to a break. You will be given a snippet of a story that induces a bit of fear because the producers know you will stay tuned because there is something […]

It’s pretty easy to see the value in being persistent in life. Too many people are not tenacious in the way they approach life and wonder why good things seem to never come their way. Of course, there are other factors which play into every circumstance in life but we’d all agree that if we […]

When is the last time you thought about approaching your day with joy and enthusiasm?  We are prone to express joy and enthusiasm when things go according to plan, when we accomplish our goals, or feel good. God expects us to approach life and serve Him with joy and enthusiasm. Psalms 100:2 (ESV) Serve the […]

Sometimes the dog-eat-dog world of life brings us to the point of exhaustion, and we just want to sit back and be served. And some people approach serving the Lord Jesus Christ in that manner. People shop for a church as they would shop for a car, looking for the best deal. And they wonder […]

It’s a rarity to find a person who does not have any clutter, the truth of the matter is we are a society that is given to much clutter. Consider how few garages are actually used to park cars or the number of storage units rented because people don’t want to deal with the clutter […]