This quote from Charles Spurgeon has had a huge influence on me and my priorities. Do you live above or below your means? “No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth.”

Today, January 11th, is my mother’s birthday. My mom is Sherry Reed Greene. This is a picture of her with me and my dad and 2 of her grandsons, JJ & Eli. I love this picture. I thank God for my mom. She teaches me so much. She encourages me so much. She instills confidence…

ESPN did a special on Tim Tebow. Its called “Tim Tebow: Everything in between.” It is great to watch. I teared up during it. And when it ended I had an eye to eye serious talk with my son about Jesus being our life! During the ESPN special, they showed this commercial. It gave me…

Part of my ‘new year, newer me’ plan is to read some biographies. I began with this one on George Muller by Basil Miller. Here are two great quotes from the book. I am really enjoying it already. “After learning the lesson of being busy in the work of the Lord, too busy in fact…

Please take 3 minutes to watch this interview of Pastor John Piper interviewing musician/minister Lecrae. It is neat to note the dynamic of the great differences between these two men in their form but all the while loving their great similarities in their substance. Namely, Jesus is a great savior! (There is a lot of…

“Continual Repentance” is a phrase that I first heard in college. It was new to me then and also interesting. Repentance is when you turn from your sins. If you sin, then you repent. So, I didn’t quite understand how you can repent continually. But then I really began to read and learn and grow.…

Many of you know that I love Reach Records and the music that comes from Lecrae and Trip Lee and the others. Their music has been used by God to disciple and edify me, and I am really so grateful for it. The biggest reason why is not because the music is good. The biggest…

Every year at the beginning of each year, I like to reflect on who I am. I have a desire to understand myself. Over the years, I have come to understand this best through God. My identity is best understood and seen through God. If I am not seeing and interpreting myself through God then…

John Piper is back from his 8 month leave. You can read Justin Taylor’s post on it here. You can read John Piper’s actual report to his church about his leave here. Here is a quote from the very end of the report. It gets me pumped. What a statement from such a man of…

I found this verse (luke 15:10) again today and was reminded of how wonderful it is. For so many reasons. The angels of God in heaven celebrate and rejoice when someone gets saved.  That is true! Its amazing! The Bible explains salvation as passing from death to life, escaping the judgement, and being made a…