Night 2 of our Parenting series at church was focused on Discipline and Training. You can check out the entire message here. We looked at two passages from God’s Word – Proverbs 3:11-12 and Hebrews 12:3-11. Here is the outline from that message: Hebrews 12:11 says “For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than…

Night 1 of our Parenting series at church was focused on Time. You can check out the entire message here. Here is the outline from that message: Ephesians 5:15-16 says “Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time …” It is our desire to…

I am impressed at how much the Bible speaks toward parenting. We don’t hear enough about it. Why is that? Perhaps it is because parenting is such a loaded subject for Christians. Not only is parenting challenging, it is also complicated. And not only is parenting challenging and complicated, it is also sensitive. For these…

At our church, we have embarked on a focused study on Parenting. With a growing nursery, kids ministry, and youth ministry, we felt now is the time. Over the next few weeks, I hope to post several articles on relating to parenting. For now, here are 3 Common Mistakes Parents make with their children: Ephesians…

He will be great! “Hey, how was the concert last night” they asked. “Oh, it was great! We had such a good time. We loved it.” They responded. Greatness is a simply-profound way of describing something awesome! Greatness can be describing the large size of something. Or greatness can be describing how something is very…

Over the last 3-4 months, our church studied the whole book of Nehemiah. It was so good for us. We received a lot of good feedback on the series. Many, many people saying they have never really studied the book of Nehemiah before. You can go back and watch or listen all of the messages…

Jesus thinks differently about life and death. The way he thinks about these heavy subjects is different than the way we think about them. Life and death are such delicate topics – Heavy and emotional and sensitive and fragile and weighty topics. This week our church had a 44 year old man pass away unexpectedly.…

It was the spring of 2003 and I had just graduated from college a few months earlier. Along with several college buddies, we loaded up in a van and made the long road trip from the Carolinas to Texas so that we could attend Passion’s big OneDay event. Apart from the scary thunderstorms, Shane &…

There they were againWith no way to prevent itPushing me toward HimWho did indeed invent it They were big and sincereLoving and rollingRight down my cheeksQuite uncontrolling I’d prefer them to stopBut I love why they cameI owe everything to momMy life and my name Tears are a messageA word in a dropI don’t want…

How often do we find ourselves in situations where we react and say a quick little prayer? It happens. A simple “God, please help me here.” Or “Lord, have mercy on me.” Those prayers are frequent and good. In fact, in my recent reading and preaching through the book of Nehemiah, I was so encouraged…