When I first read the Sermon On The Mount from Matthew 5-7 I was partially touched by it, but in my estimation I did what most everybody does with it; I drove right by missing the brilliance behind how it was laid out. It wasn’t until I started reading through Martin Lloyd Jones’ work titled […]
Preaching, teaching and leading is often more about what’s going on inside the preacher/teacher than it is what he or she is actually sharing with others. Recently, I had a very influential mentor help me understand that all of my research, studying, preparation, reading, praying and preaching was most likely doing more for me than […]
The last of the seven Churches mentioned in Revelation 2-3 is the Church of Laodicea. There are several passages that are mentioned to this Church by Jesus in Revelation 3:14-22 that are among the most quoted scriptures in the body of Christ. The phrase I wish you were either hot (on fire) or cold (frozen), […]
There are times when I am meditating on the Person of Jesus Christ that all of the sudden I realize He’s really real. It unexpectedly touches my heart and I am aware that He’s fully alive and totally engaged with me and my life. Now, I can surely understand how silly this might sound to […]
I have had the privilege of running in full-time ministry for nearly ten years straight with a few breaks in-between along the way. In the start of running full-time in the place of ministry I was enjoying the open doors God was setting before me. It seemed like door after door of opportunity continued to […]
It’s been my pleasure to help give leadership to the body of Christ over the past 10 years in various departments from the tape ministry, to ushering, youth pastoring, overseeing youth ministries across the Pacific Northwest, as an Associate Pastor and currently as a Lead (senior) Pastor. The blessings and lessons learned are more than […]
Today within the body of Christ there is much conversation about the grace of God and the many freedoms that we have in our relationship with Jesus, through the Cross. Though I do not claim to be a scholar on the subject of the grace of God nor do I assume that my knowledge of […]
Recently I have been reading several biographies about great men and women who have suffered physically for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Reading their stories is inspiring and terrifying. It’s inspiring to know that people throughout history have been stacked up against great odds and have overcome, even through their physical death. But it’s also […]
It’s totally possible to research and study a specific thing for many years, even decades, and still never have that thing grab your heart. For instance I met a guy in 1999 that had a PHD in Religion, but had come to the conclusion that there was no God. At the shortest, it took this […]
With Revelation Chapter One closed, we now move into the part of the Revelation which Jesus referred to in Revelation 1:19 as …the things which are… Revelation Chapter One was what Jesus called …the things which you have seen…(Revelation 1:19) and now we are moving into the part of the Revelation where Jesus is going […]