Well it’s that time again, the beginning of another year. In an instant we moved from 2013 into 2014. One thing that I heard continually as I watched the television broadcast from New York is city was “Its 2014, it’s a new year and a new slate for all of us. We can forget about 2013 and move into 2014.” … Read More
The Other Story
Pretty much every Wednesday night I get the privilege to share with our BASICS (middle school) group. And this Wednesday in particular I shared out of Luke 7 and I wanted to take this time to share it with you as well. The lesson this week was called “The Other Story” and it was all about getting to know someone’s … Read More
Be Still
I wrote a series of devotional readings for the upcoming youth group trip to Kingdom Bound. One of the most convicting ones for me was my reflection on Psalm 46:10. I have adapted it for a different audience, but the message of the text remains the same (and equally convicting, blogs would be much easier if they didn’t have to be … Read More
Trusting God In The Midst of Opposition
Today was a day of looking forward and looking back for me. I was reflecting on the sermon from this past Sunday (Trust In God), and I was also getting excited for the Acts series coming in the fall. I was reminded of a passage encompasses both of these thoughts. In Acts 4 Peter and John are arrested for proclaiming Jesus’ … Read More
Why I’m Excited For Gospel 301
Coming up this Sunday we will be beginning our three part Gospel 301 class. The focus of this class is Looking To Multiply: Intentional Disciple Making. I myself am very excited to sit down and look at what it means to be a disciple maker. One of the focal points of our church is being missional, living on mission with … Read More
Praise The Lord
One of my favorite books in the Bible is the book of Psalms. I love the imagery and the emotion that are found in the words of the authors. Perhaps my favorite of all the Psalms is Psalm 150, which is a call to worship. It starts and ends with the same exclamation “Praise the Lord!” This psalm can be broken down into … Read More
What Can Separate Us?
In Romans 8:35-39 Paul writes, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, ‘For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.’ No, in all these things we are more than … Read More