It’s commonly stated that in any organization, “Twenty percent of the people do 80 percent of the work.” There is a fundamental problem with this, and it’s about the dangers of unmet expectations.  And worse yet?  The me-centric worldview.

In man’s quest for unity, we often embrace its ugly counterfeit – uniformity.  Sadly, this could be said of the church.  Legalism and tribal mentality are a dangerous recipe, but what about having no structure, no standards at all?  Is there a happy...

There is an arrogance in expecting that every church member is going to be as spiritually mature as yourself.  In the Christian’s zeal to follow the Lord, to obey his commands and statutes, how do they connect with those who aren’t quite there? ...

Americans have this fixation of keeping up with the Joneses, and Utah goes one step further to work hard to leave the proverbial Joneses in the dust. And where competition could be a good thing, not so when it comes to our walk with God.  On one hand,...

Christian circles always speak so ill of the Jewish Pharisee of the New Testament, but why?  Who were the Pharisees?  We begin each new series with a list of definitions – what is legalism? What is sloppy agape? Can you have over-zealous faith? Can a...

The saga of Esau and Jacob is intense. Family dysfunction, deceit, despicable acts, treachery.  All life lessons we'd do well to learn from, instead of experience.

Does God NEED to be worshiped?

Do you still trust God?

Bible teacher Steve Barsuhn shocks us with this truth bomb:  Grace gives us the power to choose what is right.  We might think we are free to choose, but our reality is that we are slaves to sin.

Be on your guard, friend!  Counterfeits, impostors, fake-sters - they're all out to cheat you and rob you of the real McCoy.  But while we get so incensed with those deceptions, there's still one lurking that has epic destruction potential - a false...