I’ll never forgot walking out of the movie theater after having seen Lone Survivor and truly not being able to express what I witnessed. The mix of emotions left me completely speechless, or that anything I would say would simply be pointless. I felt courage, passion, joy, fire, depression, ...
Martin Luther (the Reformation Martin Luther) said, “The devil doesn’t care which side of the horse we fall off of – as long as we don’t stay in the saddle.” The devil is real. Hardships in this world are real. Persecution for our faith is real. Our sinful flesh ...
If you remember the days when our church gathering met at Greater Macedonia, then you will be able to visually track along with what I’m saying. But I will explain the scene for those who cannot picture what I’m saying. The children’s ministry set up at Greater Macedonia was a ...
Freedom is something we fight for everyday. I’m not speaking of eternal freedom. I’m not speaking of salvific freedom. For those who are in Christ, we belong to the family of God and will never be plucked out. We are eternally free! But even though we are saved and our eternal hope is ...
About a month ago, I was watching and slightly participating in a live Twitter Q&A with Tim Keller, pastor of a church up in Manhattan. Some questions were brilliantly crafted to engage the heart on deep truths; others were more playful, taking advantage of the opportunity to ask Tim Keller ...
Voices are everywhere. We have countless conversations throughout our days and those conversations inevitably leave voices ringing in our heads. Maybe they said something encouraging and those words breathe life into us. Or maybe they said something tremendously hurtful and that voice rings in ...
Fight for joy this holiday season. That can seem like a strange thing to say regarding the holidays. “Fight for joy? Why would it be hard to have joy during the holidays? Thanksgiving and Christmas are the best time of year.” It is true there is no other time of year that ...
Johnny Manziel’s last game at home before he “takes his talents to the NFL.” Lebron James quote for you there. My first time to see Johnny Football live in-person. The last home game at Kyle Field before the stadium renovations take place. Four tickets in some of the best ...
We all work and we all labor. Maybe some of us don’t work standard 8 to 5 jobs every day, but we all labor. Some of us work for an oil and gas company 8 to 5. Some of us work ALL DAY parenting children. Some of us labor at keeping our Twitter follower count up. Some of us work to keep our ...
I’m a quitter. There, I said it. It’s out there. I am a quitter. When things get tough and life gets hard, my knee-jerk reaction is to quit and throw in the towel. By nature I do not have a warrior mentality. I am a guy who is slow to make decisions and is very calculated before I ...
