"Behold, I have given you the power ‘to tread upon serpents’ and scorpions and upon the full force of the enemy and nothing will harm you." (Luke 10:19)

God gave humanity authority over the earth. We gave it away. Jesus gives it back. We are not meant to be chicken Christians, we were made to soar.

At the Beginning of Lent, make the exchange give God your brokenness, shame, fear and he will give you Himself.

When we love others and see them according to how God sees we see them in reality. When we live in reality, we give room for the kingdom of God to break through to transform. When we are at our worst, God honors us by giving us his best.

It is the kindness of God that leads to repentance. Peter encounters the kindness of God and it brings him to conversion. Peter thinks he is unfit to evangelize because he is poor and weak. Jesus reminds him and us our poverty and weakness is what will make us effective evangelists.

Jesus gives his inaugural address in his hometown of Nazareth, describing what he has come to do: set captives free and release prisoners. What does this mean for the Christian life? Listen in to find out!

Jesus can take our worst and transform them into the best vintage because when we were at our worst he gave us his best.

Jesus came to share fully in our human family to draw us into the Father's family. Can we learn to honor each other as the Father honors us?

Homily from St Matthew Church in Franklin TN

An amazing miracle of God's healing power and what miracles teach us about the character of God and why we can place our hope in him

God blesses us with an eternal inheritance in Christ giving us access to all the resources of heaven when we ask so that we can bring the blessings on earth as it is in heaven.

Homily during the Octave of Christmas at St Matthew Church in Franklin TN