As the holiday season is upon us, one of the best things we can do for our families and our own souls is to slow down. Way down. We all know this. We are more attentive lovers to our God, our spouses, …
A Valuable Resource for the Discouraged, and Those Barely Hanging On
As a pastor, I’m always on the lookout for valuable resources to hand off to other people. One I love to give to people facing difficult times is Frank Viola’s Hang On, Let Go: What to Do When …
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The Secret to Spiritual Success
Someone can learn and basically understand the Gospel in about ten minutes’ time. We don’t need to learn more in order to be saved, but we do need to learn more—and to keep on learning—if we want to …
Are You Running the Wrong Race?
To spiritually prosper, we must value what God values, in the order and priority with which God values it. One of the areas in which our culture disagrees with God as much as anything is the value of …
Rediscovering God’s Love, Joy, and Peace
What causes you to feel distant from God? In The Life You Were Reborn to Live, Pastor Gary Thomas reveals twelve powerful lies that keep us disconnected – inviting us to exchange those falsehoods for …
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Call No Man Father, Part 2
In my work-in-progress on living with divine affirmation, I want to address how the “good-enough-for-God” life impacts our desire to have others follow us and how we treat those we follow. If you …