Month: January 2017

Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box,2 and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. 3 And he said, “Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. 4 For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.” … Continue reading Faith of a Middle Schooler →

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.2 And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. 3 Go your way; behold, … Continue reading The “Meh” Crowd →

5 Why should I fear in times of trouble,     when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me, 6 those who trust in their wealth     and boast of the abundance of their riches? (Psalm 49:5-6) Fear and idolatry go hand in hand. The more we rely on the fleeting things of this world, the more we set ourselves … Continue reading The Golden Monkey We Worship →

4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches … Continue reading A New Birth Certificate →

8 “Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? 9 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ 10 Just so, I … Continue reading Grace in a Water Park →

Let me ask you a question. If the walls of your church came falling down and was unreversibly destroyed, would your church continue? This question was posed to me recently and the thought wrecked me. Of course many of us understand that the Church is the people and not the building, but there is still … Continue reading The Church Without Borders →

“One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organization do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team. The first requisite is life, always.“- A. W. Tozer I have been thinking a lot about the Church recently. What makes it Church and how do we do it better? … Continue reading Why Church is Weird →

1 God is our refuge and strength,     a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,     though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, 3 though its waters roar and foam,     though the mountains tremble at its swelling. (Psalm 46:1-3) Our refuge and strength. There is a certain backwards safety in our God. When … Continue reading A Fearless New Year →

"It was too easy to die for what was good or beautiful, for home or children or a civilization—it needed a God to die for the half-hearted and the corrupt." - Graham Greene It is incredible to me that God, instead of erasing the evil in the world, decided to come down and suffer with … Continue reading The Dream I Had In College →

“Leave the broken, irreversible past in God's hands, and step out into the invincible future with Him.” - Oswald Chambers So here we find ourselves again with a fresh new year. We love these moments that help us to erase, at least temporarily, the mistakes of the past 365 days. While we know there is … Continue reading The Gospel of the New Year →