We're tempted to believe that happiness comes from acquiring things. But happiness is an outcome of what we sow in our lives. Knowing that truth is like paint in a can: it makes no difference until you apply it. Doing makes the...

Choosing to love the places (i.e., neighborhood, work, city) where God puts us may be a challenge - especially when there are things we don't like about where we live. Things like messy neighbors, vacant buildings, and difficult co-workers are...

Most of our current fears are fueled by our past experiences and to combat them we

build walls. Walls like sarcasm, criticism, anger, food, drugs, etc.. Those walls keep us

locked in with our past fears. If we’re ever going to move past the past we...

Fear is the one thing that causes us to lose perspective in life more than any other

emotion. We face multiple situations where fear paralyzes us from making decisions. But

when we look at the situation in its proper perspective we’ll see it as an...

Uncertainty is for certain. It’s unavoidable. It’s beyond our control. But living in fear is

optional. Jesus was born into, lived through, and walked into the jaws of uncertainty. A

world too often defined by violence, arrested and crucified him—and...

Some stories are just unbelievably believable. They make you scratch your head in disbelief but there’s also something about them completely believable. If you think the death and resurrection of Jesus are unbelievable, or too good to be true, there’s...

What's the relationship between building the church and evangelism? Evangelism was never meant to be a solo mission, the church was always a part of the plan. Christians and churches that understand this are set-up for exponential results.

Christians should be ready to defend their decision to follow Jesus. According to Peter, we should be ready to defend our hope or confidence in Him. We believe Jesus died for our sins and rose from the grave. That's amazing! But we don't...

One of the most frustrating things about being a Christian is the questions people ask about what you believe. If you had fifteen minutes, you could answer their question thoroughly. But what are you supposed to say if you only have a few seconds? How...