Reordering Your Life

" At some point everyone of us has to step back and decide what it is we believe about the world that we are in. What’s really going on here? People have to decide whether or not they believe there’s a God!
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The Disciplines

"IWhat is God actually trying to accomplish in the world and why are we here? Why do we do church? Why do we gather together? Why do we do stuff like praying and reading the Bible? When God was creating the human race, what did He have in mind? Are we giving Him what He's after in our lives...?"

The Art of Giving

“Philippians 4:19 is an interesting text that calls us to trust God in this arena of our financial provision. You might try to think it’s talking about spiritual needs, but really if you look at the context, there’s no way you can say that. Actually, he’s talking about God getting engaged and involved with us in this arena of provision: jobs, salary increases, bonuses, ideas for new kinds of endeavors that can produce wealth or increase in your life. God will actually get in the mix of that in your life…”

Show Me The Money!

"I wanna talk about your money. I think this touches all of us in a way that we need to think thru… “

Facing Change

“Life is full of seasons (Ecclesiastes 3:1). The only thing that never really changes is the fact that life is full of change. You can fear change and resist it, or you can embrace it. Change is coming! It’s inevitable…”

Have A Good Day

The scripture says, Jesus said to them, "go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation!" Everybody say "go!" We still have to own this as believers, the idea that we've got to communicate with others outside of ourselves, the claims of Jesus. You know that we are living in a culture where everybody is saying "don't talk to me about anything because you're perspective is only valid to you. Don'y try to communicate that to me. Let's all just get along and be tolerant of each other." And so, at the very heart of this call to go into the world that we are in and communicate with people something more than what they value or think about is a bit of a challenge. Even though I think we need to do it respectfully, we still need to do it. And we need to figure out how we can own up before God to this idea that there's a message that we have and a life that we have that we're supposed to communicate to others.

The Life of Faith

"I want to talk to you a little bit about taking charge of your life and what that looks like..."

Who is God?

"Last time we were chatting we were talking about knowing God. We are not just embracing a bunch of ideas about God. We are facing the actual being of God..."

Knowing God

"What does it mean to know God? I mean how is it that we come to know anything?"

Father's Day

You know Father's Day can be both a bitter and a sweet thing...

The Future is Coming

Sometimes people ask questions like "will anyone remember me when I'm gone? " In Judeo Christian thought there has always been this idea that each one of us was created to matter...

Priorities

Here is a great question:
With all the areas we have to deal with in life, from God, to kids, to marriage, to our employment, to family to ministry, how do we deal with it all without becoming overcommitted or burned out? (more...)

Mother's Day

Ever since the Fall of man there has been a kind of battle of the sexes going on where the men try to one-up women and vice-versa. God never intended that to be. He intended that there be a mutual respect and honor for each other.

So let’s start some controversy with the question:

We always call God Father, but could we call him mother?(more...)

The Importance of Conversation

I want to talk w/you this morning about a truth I discovered years ago that was very surprising…it has to do with what we say about God, about others, and ourselves, and about the circumstances we find ourselves in.(more...)

When I Fail

When a person crosses the threshold of faith there is a change of heart about sin…we no longer want to…not deep inside!
Sin is only pleasurable for a season…and, as a follower of Jesus, your season is over! (more...)

Resurrection 2006

The RESURRECTION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT HOLIDAY FOR THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH…no resurrection – our faith is in vain.

Why?
To find out we need to go back to the beginning…(more...)

Sin Free Pt. 2

We were talking about SIN a couple of weeks ago…
Rom. 6:14
For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

The wonderful news for all of us is that God has made a way for human beings to be free from destructive beliefs and behaviors—we do not have to live our lives bound up and out of control.

Last time, I was iterating 5 perspectives that will help a person walk out from the influence of prevailing sin...(more...)

Sin Free

Rom. 6:14
For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

I want to talk about SIN this morning. WE ALL KNOW IT HURTS US. BUT what exactly is IT? How do we live sin free? Some have intimated that a sure way is to obey every precept of the law.

We have no shot to win over sin IF we think OBEYING LAW is the key!

Rom. 7:7-8
What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “Do not covet.” 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from law, sin is dead...(more...)

Salt and Light

.Matt. 5:13-14
“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

Here is the million-dollar question…How?"

The Good Life

...I went shopping late last night trying to find the best cake I could.
I ended up at one grocery store that had some pretty nice cakes…this was the BEST.

My son's BIRTHDAY CAKE from Merrit’s bakery was much better…but this one is GOOD.