The simple fact is that you can always find better preaching. You can always find better music. However…you just can’t replicate the true value of a church through remote means.
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Regarding Satan and How to Avoid Becoming One
People tend to have some unique images and concepts of Satan. The one image we never ascribe to Satan is our own, but that is exactly what we run the risk of becoming when we oppose the will of the Lord.
Read MoreWhat Are We Known For? (A.K.A. Squad Goals)
Have you ever stopped to consider what you want to be known for as a follower of Christ?
Read MoreChristmas - The Perfect Pagan-to-Christian Holiday?
Every Christmas, people come out of the woodwork to proclaim that Christmas is really a pagan holiday. Christmas is clearly and obviously a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. And yet, maybe they have a point?
Read MoreYou are God and You are Good.
Sometimes we get so focused on the greatness of God that we forget to consider the goodness of God.
Read MoreEaster and Unfinished Work
When Jesus died on the cross, He shouted, “It is finished!” But that doesn’t mean that all of the work of Easter is finished.
Read MoreIt's Not Always Political
War is carried out by governments, and it may have political motives, but that doesn’t mean our response to a moral, humanitarian crisis should be political.
Read MoreRemembering Those We've Lost
The Jesus of John 11 weeps with His loved ones and mourns with us. Does the Jesus of Matthew 8 do the same thing?
Read MoreWhat Are You Known For?
My youngest child knows me for red hats, trucks, and country music. While that’s adorable, what does God say I should be known for?
Read MoreOppressive Christianity
I have spent most of my adult life defending Christianity and jumping to disagree with anyone who says that Christianity is oppressive. Perhaps I was too hasty to make that argument.
Read MoreRaising Up the Cross
What’s the difference between a Mormon temple and a Christian church? Aside from the obvious theological differences, there is one particular architectural difference that stands out above all.
Read MoreJust Don't Do Bad!
My oldest child and I have been having some very serious conversations lately about life and death and Jesus. This story is about one of those conversations where I almost made him cry.
Read MoreTheron Sapp, Pete Rose, and Hebrews 11: Authentic Faith Messes Up
Theron Sapp is famous for what he did in exactly one football game. Pete Rose is famous for one mistake that cost him everything. Somewhere in the middle, we find a truth about faith that’s elaborated in Hebrews 11.
Read MoreThe Plight of the American Christian: Another Question I Can’t Answer
That’s the unanswerable question I bring to you today: What should American Christians (or Christian Americans) do about religious persecution in this nation?
Read MoreBelief and the People of Easter
Jesus is easily the most important person involved in the Easter story, but that doesn’t mean we can’t learn a lot by looking at the other people around Easter and how they responded to Jesus.
Read MoreFollowing the Crowd on Palm Sunday
Celebrating Palm Sunday is a wonderful part of Holy Week, but we have to stop and consider something when we talk about Palm Sunday, and that’s the fact that you don’t actually want to be like the people who were bowing with palms on Palm Sunday.
Read MoreScripture Isn't Enough
Without the power of Jesus, then the power of scripture is reduced about a thousand times. Sure, the Bible might still have political or social power. It might still have persuasive power. But milking the Bible for anything other than the Holy, saving power of Jesus Christ is a mockery when it comes to the Word of God.
Read MoreStaying on Brand and Other Questions I Can't Answer
So much of everything we do today revolves around branding. Especially when it comes to cementing your “personal brand.” But how does "building your brand" really fit into God's plan? Is that what we are called to do? Is that who we are called to be?
Read MoreWe Have to Talk About Sin, and We Have to Get it Right
It isn’t popular to talk about sin, and I’m not surprised. People don’t like to talk about sin, and I don’t blame them for that, but that doesn’t give us a pass on discussing it.
Read MoreStaring at Stars
What amazes me about the stars is that the longer you look at the night sky without the pollution of other distracting lights, the more stars you can see. The hidden, unsung constellations start to come into view.
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