In this episode I share a couple of the more lighthearted moments of my youth and then bring it around to facing what we presently value and "need" in our lives today.

Hebrews 4 and 5 give us such an incredible description of Jesus' role of Great High Priest. This episode turns our focus onto this awesome position and function of Christ, on our behalf. 

Pull 25 followers of Jesus aside and ask them how they believe we're to give and receive love and you'll likely get 25 different answers - all based on the same Scriptures! So what do we do about this? Well, let's talk about that.

Part 2/Conclusion of the examination of the Syrophoenician woman from the Gospels. Her response to Jesus, and most importantly to what Jesus said to her, can teach us all a great deal.

This short series looks at the Syrophoenician woman in Matthew and Mark. This extremely short account in the Scriptures holds a wealth of spiritual wisdom for us to add to our lives, in regards to our condition.

The Garden of Gethsemane is loaded with many examples that we can glean from and add to our lives. In this message, I extract just a couple. It would do us all good to posture ourselves as Jesus did, in complete surrender to a will that was not His own. 

What do you do when something undesirable seems to persist? For weeks... for months... for years. We're not meant to just cope in our own natural abilities, nor are we to just repeat spiritual mantras about being more than conquerors as we ignore the facts. We endure, in faith. 

After spending some time with our dear friends newborn son, I've been so encouraged to go to my Father just as I am. He fully knows us as we are today. May we not in any way remain hidden but rather turn toward Him as a child in need of a perfect, loving Father.

What do we do when we rightly exercise faith in a circumstance but the results still (seemingly) lead us to what we would consider disappointment? We must become a people that endure, in faith, in all circumstances. This episode challenges us all to dig deep and endure... to the end.

After my posts discussing people "leaving the faith", I read an article by John Cooper of Skillet asking "what's happening with Christianity?". I felt compelled to record a response that answers that question, more so from a standpoint of "what's wrong with Christianity?". It is, of course, simply my opinion, based upon things I believe the Spirit is saying in this hour to any who would listen.