Paul, writing from prison, wants to remind fellow Christians that though his circumstances aren’t ideal they’re being used by God as a platform to tell others about Jesus. We need…
The love that God wants us to have and show in our lives is a heart and life-stretching love; this is a love that is counter to most “loves” as…
What brings people to a church? For almost every person it’s a place, program, personality or a pastor. What keeps a person at a church? Relationships—every time. Paul’s words highlight:…
One author said, “God has designed us to be together and He’s created us for community but indifference, isolation and competition has seduced us into thinking we need to look…
A fool is someone who lives their life without the direction or acknowledgment of God. In their heart they say “there is no God” even if they simultaneously confess the…
Frank Sinatra’s song “My Way” expresses one of America’s highest aspirations/ideals, that of the self-made man, the self-sufficient/reliant woman; we don’t need anyone. I’m autonomous/independent. I’ll do things my way….
Most of us think we’re pretty good self-evaluators, we assess ourselves and think “I’m a pretty good person”. The issue is that self-evaluation involves interpretation and for most people the…
God wants us to grow in our knowledge and insight of who He is. That knowledge is always meant to be transferred to application in our everyday life. One such…
Everyone understands the tongue as an instrument of the body that was created to communicate with other people. Everyone also understands the power that the tongue has. Since Jesus, through…
As we read 2 Corinthians 9:1-15 we see that gracious giving gives evidence that we believe that God is gracious. God is gracious because He did not withhold His very…
