I grew up in a small town outside of Phoenix, Arizona. We lived in a modest home. My dad worked hard to put food on the table. My mom stayed home to raise my three brothers and me. We had everything we needed, but I couldn’t help but notice that other kids in town had…
Every serious student of the Bible needs to build a resource library with the best commentaries. But let’s face it, commentaries are expensive! Most pastors and seminary students I know don’t have the money to buy them all. So if you are like me, you need to make your money count. This usually means focusing…
Christian devotion is a series of imperfect steps of faith. Every hero in the history of Christianity has flaws. There’s not a single figure in church history (aside from Jesus) who did not make mistakes. Look close enough, and you can find flaws in the lives of all Christian men and women. But look close…
I’m sitting on the patio of an old beach house overlooking the sea in a tiny coastal village in Mexico you’ve probably never heard of. The sun is bright, the sand is white, and the rhythm of waves meeting the shore is the only soundtrack I need while I write, and take an occasional break…
We live in a world of constant change. Technology is advancing at a more rapid pace than ever before. Things once considered immoral in our society are now not only legal but celebrated. All around us, people make thousands of choices every day that either directly or indirectly affect us. It can all be overwhelming….
Politics will not cure all of our problems. Democracy will not save us. Jesus is the hope of the world, not the president. I write this on election day before we discover who will win this controversial nomination as the next President of the United States. Many people have cast their vote and their hope…
I was not prepared for the toll that truly following Jesus would take. And I am not alone. Just read this post I wrote about the difficulty of being a pastor. It struck a nerve! Hundreds of pastors wrote to me saying, “Me too!” If you truly follow Jesus, you will suffer. Whether in a…
It was Saturday night. I sat down to put the final touches on my sermon for the morning. I wrote the sermon quite a while ago in my process of getting ahead. I dusted my sermon off earlier in the week and worked in internalizing itSaturday night was my normal routine of practicing out loud,…
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