When we look to the world's concept of our "faith" it is often seen as foolish or naive, it doesn't make good business sense, it comes with too many risks and variables.

We must understand the truths of our faith from what God's word says, and not from how our culture defines them.  The Grace of God is something that is freely given and freely received, but yet extremely costly.

Unfortunately, in our world today there is more than enough fodder for division: sports teams, political parties, educational systems, and the list goes on and on.  In the church, however, Jesus prayed that His followers would be one!

What is God's plan for the nations?  Does He want some or all?  Psalm 67 makes it clear that God's rule is the end goal of receiving the worship of all people groups, languages, and tribes.

We've grown accustomed to the false understanding that we have authority in this world, that the things we own actually belong to us, and that a lifestyle conditioned on our desires is to be accepted and encouraged.

A confusion in our world today is that we actually have a kind of freedom that rests upon the popular or majority decision.  While its true that we enjoy many freedoms in our country, we have missed a fundamental and foundational understanding that everyone is a slave to something.

Have you ever heard the saying, "people don't care what you know, until they know how much you care?"  Jesus modeled this axiom by regularly challenging the expectations of the religious elite by eating and interacting with sinners and tax collectors.  And in doing so, Jesus drew these untouchables to Himself; His identification with them was that which touched their hearts and ultimately drew them towards repentance.

There is a epidemic of failure in our culture's understanding of fatherhood. Far too many families are without fathers, physically, spiritually, and with engaging emotion We've failed to emphasize the crucial component of Godly character within the family concerning dads -- it means far more than simply producing children.

Have you ever asked the question, "How is someone saved?" In Romans chapter 10, the Apostle Paul reveals the 5 necessary steps to carry the gospel such that God's children can "call" out to him for salvation.

It isn't hard to regularly see the many ways "this" world is broken. Too often in ministry we find this world producing not only an external opposition to the gospel, but often an inward creep of discouragement, doubt, and fear.