I’m pretty sure it’s a statistical fact that at least one football game per week has to have this guy in the stands. And it’s not just football games, it appears at baseball games right above the Taco Bell sign (hey, three of my favorite things!) It’s almost become cliche at this point, all part …
I don’t know where I heard this, but one of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever been given when it came to prayer is this: set a timer for five minutes and try to pray the entire time. It shouldn’t really be that hard; after all, we sit in drive-thru lanes at fast food …
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An unmistakable evil, one that rocked the world to it’s very core. A crime so despicable it could be thought up by only the most envious and crooked mind. And while scholars have suggested that Judas’ motive for betraying Jesus was in part due to his misunderstanding of the Kingdom that Jesus was trying to …
Once upon a time, when I was a young(er) preacher, I remember talking to an older man who had served as an elder in a couple of different congregations in his lifetime. He had seen churches rise, he had seen some fall, but most stayed in that religious limbo of neither growing nor dying. I …
Of all the things that are difficult in the life of a Christian, talking to someone else about the Gospel is probably one of the hardest. For most of us, we’re content to sit in our little church pews and sing some songs, while resisting the constant temptations that life tends to throw at us …
Mountains are important to Jesus. During his earthly ministry, He would go to several different mountains for several different reasons, including His temptations (Matthew 4:1-11), His all-night prayer before selecting the Apostles (Luke 6:12-13), and to deliver the greatest sermon ever (Matthew 5-7). But on occasion, He took three of His apostles with him – …
