It’s easy to forget. We go through some major event, either positive or negative, that at the time feels like it’s going to change everything about our lives. And it does. For a little while. But then, we start to drift back into doing life the way we used to and before we know it, […]

1.6. That’s the latest statistic I’ve heard about what average church attendance is in America. 1.6 times per month. That equates to 19.2 times per year. 19.2 out of 52. If that were a grade, it would be 36%. A “D” is 60%, so, um, yeah, we’re not doing so well.  What do we do […]

Heb 10:23 – 23 “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.” You might be thinking to yourself, “one verse for today? Why just the one verse?” Well, there’s more here than we see in our first reading.  Hold unswervingly or other translations say “hold fast”  Hold fast is […]

These are the verses I’ve been waiting patiently to get to since we started this series. These may be some of my favorite verses in all of Scripture. The concept contained here is so transformational. I hope you’re excited! Hebrews 10:19-22 “Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place […]

There are some things that soap & water can’t get clean. On Sunday, we talked about how Jesus’ sacrifice actually address the guilt we feel in our hearts. Jesus’ death doesn’t simply put a new coat of paint over the sin, but removes it entirely. In today’s reading in Luke 11:37-42, we get a great […]

This is the end of the argument the author is making about Jesus being greater than everything in the Old Testament. This is the finale to the first part of his letter. He has been laying the foundation for 10 chapters and next week, the author is going to start breaking down all the “So, […]

Shadows are funny things. They shift and change with the angle of the light. Sometimes they make you look tall and skinny. Other times they make you look short and fat. But, we all recognize that they are simply shadows of the real thing. If it is our shadow, we know our real size. If […]

Yesterday we talked about looking for a better way. But, there’s one more step beyond looking for a better way. The RIGHT way. Many of you will recall, when we first started raising chickens for eggs, the run I constructed was nothing short of a shanty. It was about as ghetto as a chicken run […]

Have you ever said to yourself, Have you ever been doing a project and found yourself saying: “There has got to be a better way to do this!” It’s the feeling I have every time I go to the DMV. “Surely, there is a better way to do this!” Sometimes the better way eludes my […]

Today, we take a deeper look at the things that trigger us and what that might mean for the condition of our hearts?