People have asked me multiple times over the last year why I don’t speak out more on political issues. Recently, I have received a few messages from a few people ...

RAINBOW SHERBET SAINTS Spiritually groomed in a church culture that emphasized the practice of separation, I learned in the early days of my journey with Jesus that it was my ...

For years I courageously refused to heed the lie of my own fallen conscience, that oft-unreliable inner voice, which tempts me to doubt the exceeding broadness of God’s grace. There ...

This crazy culture is full of dark deception and frenzied with audacious lies. From the media, the government, the elites in Hollywood and the power-gripping cabals scattered across the globe, ...

“God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world - what is viewed as nothing - to bring to nothing what is viewed as something, so that no ...

“Elijah came near to all the people and said, "How long will you go limping between two different opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, then ...

“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?” These ancient words of Jeremiah in Lamentations 1:12 are on my mind this morning. He desperately wanted his generation to ...

When the Sunday worship gatherings come to an end, somebody is assigned to turn off the lights and to lock the doors at the church. Those rooms where, just a ...

Do you have more regrets about the things that you said (and wished you had not) or things you didn't say (but now wished you had)?  Most of us speak ...

These are days in which many among God's people are awakening to a growing sense of sobriety concerning the end of the age. While it is not popular to intentionally ...

In just a few days we will pause and remember that, eighteen years ago, some of our enemies did great harm to us.  Terror was introduced to our homeland as ...

The noise around us is getting louder. It is also becoming more rapidly paced in its release toward us. Our ears, minds and emotions are under a consistent barrage of ...

The last couple of generations of American males have been taught that fighting is bad. My son got suspended from school in fourth grade for fighting back against a fifth ...

It is highly likely that our deepest relationships are with people who have something to offer to us that we value.  Our nature is reluctant to enter into commitments that ...

When I read yesterday that a Brazilian museum had tragically burned down, destroying countless ancient and priceless relics, I got to thinking about how we all treasure a connection to ...

It never occurred to me that the busiest season I have ever had in my life would occur as I approach the age of fifty. Years ago, I must have ...

Driving into the office today I had a hypothetical question pop into my mind.  I was pondering what my answer would be if God approached me and asked me the ...

“The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just.” - Proverbs 21:7   Father, it is Monday morning and our hearts are ...

Today, I am going to dogmatic. Though I am sad about what I am about to write, I am going to say it without any cushion or attempt to round ...

So I spent some time this morning reading up on denominational divisions within the global Church: just sticking with Protestants, I found that research shows some 9,000 separate denominations. Nine ...

Thinking deeply.  Working diligently.  Loving fervently. Chances are that you naturally lean more towards one of these three than the others.  We are all hardwired uniquely by God, and that ...

It has been a challenge lately for me to keep my best focus on tasks at hand.  For several weeks, in the periphery of my thought life has been this ...

Today I take a moment to remind us that there is certainly such a thing as evil.  We would do well to also acknowledge that evil resides within people – ...

It is interesting that, once the intense conflicts and cultural-heat subside, race-relations in America have a tendency to fall back into the entrenched patterns of existence that we have all ...

For those who are interested, here is my 60 minute sermon, preached on the Sunday after the week of outcry between the races. I may not have the answer which ...