21 Jun It’s Time for a Permanent Break Between Church and State
Before we celebrate the Supreme Court decision to let an enormous cross stay on public land in honor of the sacrifice made by World War 1 soldiers, let me take a moment to argue for something you may not expect from a Christian Pastor. Let’s...
18 May The Abortion of Meaning
The unspoken reason for BOTH the pro-life and pro-choice stance comes down to our eternal search for MEANING. Let me explain. The pro-choice argument determines a woman’s meaning falls somewhere in the spectrum of her privacy/safety and her career hopes/dreams. If a woman roots her...
10 Apr Why Pastors MUST Preach about Giving and Money
We just completed our series on financial stewardship, “Above and Beyond”. Every year I take our church through a money oriented series on purpose so that the Lord’s people can learn about THE most important issue for American Christians. Here are the 5 reasons I believe...
13 Mar Is it a Sin to Be Rich?
We often fall into the trap of considering those who are well-off automatically excluded from the kingdom of heaven. We do this because we take a few Biblical texts out of context and turn what Jesus said to ONE MAN in the Gospel of Matthew into...
20 Feb Failure Is Inevitable – Focus on Christ
Numbers 20:10–13 (ESV) Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels: shall we bring water for you out of this rock?” 11 And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with...