The Gospel and Church Leadership
This passage is primarily about character. Character breeds trust and trust leads to leadership. A pastor can be a great preacher, a great singer, a great planner, an incredible visionary, […]
Who We Are and What We Do
The church was God’s idea – and as such it’s not ours to run to the exclusion of His word. The church belongs to Jesus. He established and made it […]
Fight for the Gospel
Paul tells us that the gospel is the central doctrine of the Christian life. For that reason, we fight to believe and live out a right understanding of the good […]
Encouragement For The Task at Hand!
In this letter to his good friend Timothy, the Apostle Paul wants to instruct him, as well as the believers in the city of Ephesus how they are to live […]
Growing in Friendship
To be wise is to understand how to choose friends, cultivate your friendships and understand where the power of friendship comes from. In fact, you won’t live a wise life […]
Jesus Our King
Jesus is not the king we (or Israel) asked for or wanted, but He is the king we desperately need. He is a paradoxical king. He didn’t come to overthrow […]
Repent and Believe or Perish
Each decision we make involves a certain belief about the future. So what if we knew the future precisely? If you knew there was going to be an attack or […]
A Word from Jesus to our Covetous Hearts
Seneca → “Be harsh with yourself at times.” Sometimes. Not always. At certain moments in life, lean into the bathroom mirror, squint your eyes and project pessimism at the person […]
Whose Neighbor Are You (and why it matters)?
To love God is to love our neighbor. But who is our neighbor? Is Jesus referring to the person who lives next to us or is there something more going […]
Humble Dependence Upon the Father
Too often we live our lives apart from a dependence on the Father. One pastor said that inattentiveness is the main reason for a difficult and unhealthy relationship. In the […]
