A couple weeks ago, I preached a message entitled “The What of Prayer.” We talked that day about how we generally tend to pray about what is right in front of us rather than big, life prayers. The former isn’t bad, of course, but the latter sure is necessary. The former is often ...
When it comes to overseas missions, we all like to talk about a “calling.” We often make it seem mystical and mysterious, almost impossible to attain. It keeps us up at night and is constantly on our minds. We worry if we don’t have it, or if it doesn’t compare to someone ...
How to Pray for Sex Trafficking At Hope Church, we are constantly looking for opportunities to advance God’s kingdom and invade darkness in our world and city. Hope Church’s local mission focus is sex trafficking and we desperately want to see this evil ended in Houston, America, and ...
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 ...
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 ...
In some ways, this entry is a follow up to the post a few weeks ago called, “Victim or Warrior?” In that post, the call and challenge was for us as Christians to rid ourselves of the victim mentality that many of us walk in. The victim mentality is passive about fighting sin and often ...
The statistics do not fall on deaf ears: - It is estimated that 27 million people worldwide are slaves. - An estimated 293,000 American youths currently are at risk of becoming victims of commercial sexual exploitation. - The average ...
To a significant degree, the depth of our hunger for transformation is reflected in the amount of time we spend fasting and praying. It’s easy to say that we are desperate for growth and eager for change. We are all called to be discipled and make disciples of others. It was our ...
It is a tough but honest truth of our Christian existence in the West that our priorities are often gravely misplaced. This occurs because our paradigm is misaligned. And that occurs because the lens through which we see the world is generally more shaped by our context and church tradition than ...
Our family is passionate about South Sudan. Much of that comes from the fact that Shauna and I used to live there, and our mud hut days have driven in us a deep love for the people there. Our kids naturally pick that up, to the point where Allison used to think that the country that she lived in ...
