Today we celebrated Eli’s first birthday. His actual birthday is not until April 30th. Valeria and I are so blessed to have Eli as our son and JJ his brother.  Many friends came out to enjoy this occasion with us. We believe that children are a gift from the Lord, and we pray for grace…

This morning in our Men’s Bible Study we began a new focus. We looked at Matthew 7 where Jesus is saying that when we are judged it will not depend on what we have done so much, but rather on whether we knew God, or better were known by Him. Our study of the “Fundamentals…

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Jesus as our substitute is such a heavy doctrine. We must believe in it. There is absolutely nothing good in us. Jesus took our sins and was slaughtered by God for them. We deserved it. Jesus took it. He is our substitute. In exchange, we got His righteousness. Do you believe this? If you don’t,…

Bob Kauflin  Shai Linne Revelation 5 describes an amazing picture of everything (creation & the church) falling down and singing “a new song” to the slain worthy Lamb of God, namely Jesus. Some people may read that text and wonder what “the song” was like. We have the lyrics in that text. They are all…

This week I attended the ‘Together for the Gospel Conference’. It is a pastors’ conference. There were 7,000 pastors there this year. It was great. I enjoyed it. God grew me through it. Here are a few reflections from what God taught me/ showed me at the conference: 1)     I have a lot to learn.…

I am not sure if you have seen this picture or not. But I absolutely love it. This is my second son, Eli.

Grace is often described as “getting something that you do not deserve.” There is so much in me and Valeria’s lives that fits that category. Right now, we have two awesome little boys. JJ & ELi are so cool and fun to be raising. It seems too good to be true that I am the…

While preparing for this series on Ecclesiastes, I came across this great quote in John Piper’s book Don’t Waste Your Life. “the world is not impressed when Christians get rich and say thanks to God. They are impressed when God is so satisfying that we give our riches away for Christ’s sake and count it…

AFV (America’s Funniest Videos) continues to be the most hilarious show on TV in my opinion. I am thankful that it comes on so often because that means I can find it on TV most anytime. I will never get tired of seeing people crash on bikes, faint during weddings, or get hit by baseballs.…