There is a power behind using the table to bring forgiveness and generosity to a situation or person you’re tempted to judge and condemn. What can we do to bless and invite relationship rather than curse and cut ourselves off from others?

Does it sometimes feel that you gain enemies specifically when people disagree with you? This truly has become a difficult issue for many in our culture. It's not just something to "get over", but to help ourselves process through for the sake of unity in the body of Christ and living a life of love by the Spirit of God.

Coffee with Alan 4-28-21 - Beatitudes & Woe-atitudes

The kingdom of heaven is a completely counter-cultural ethic grounded in Godly morals. What made Jesus so offensive to His original audiences was that He wasn't affirming the cultural narrative of His day, but was proclaiming a different and new "Way" in which many would be "blessed", but for those who tried to stick to and blend their human ethic grounded in logical and reasonable approaches to life with this new kingdom ethic...Jesus was explaining that they would have a hard time with that.

How do we teach our children about the great love Jesus' poured our on the cross? Join me as I share the love and power of Jesus He gave for us on Good Friday!

Thoughts on the cleansing of the temple and the difficult teachings of Jesus.

With so much around us being prophesied both good and bad, how do we live with hope in these troubled times where you don’t know who to believe?

You're never stuck, you're never too far gone, you've never messed up too bad that there's no way to shift trajectory and shift your destiny (like I preached on Sunday).