It is hard to lead.  Leading means making decisions.  Decisions mean making some happy and some unhappy.  No one knows this better than an NFL head coach.  They lead their team with a goal in mind – win a ring.  To do this they must...

Ever need a shove in the RIGHT direction? Joshua 1 is your answer. Joshua 1:2 Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the...

This Wednesday night I’m talking about what to do when a storm hits. How to handle it as a Christ follower and as a Church. I must say I’m excited about this message. We are going to be studying one of the least preached passages...

When you think about the fact that Jesus is the kind of shepherd that leaves 99 safe and healthy sheep for the 1 lost sheep we often forget one thing: We are called to do the same. It is true that Christians tend to get...

A recent article in Yahoo! is titled as this: Iran inaugurates nation’s first unmanned bomber. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has casually named the jet the “ambassador of death.” Hmmmm. Paradoxially, the Iranian president made this comment: “The jet, as well as being an ambassador of...

David is anointed king at around the age of 15.  Immediately a dream in his heart must have been born.  What would it be like to be king?  How incredible to be at the “top?”  A forgotten son of Jesse with the anointing oil dripping...

Jesus surely challenged the Pharisee’s most often during His public ministry. No where more than Matthew 23. While Pharisees tend to get a bad reputation in many sermons and Christian conversations. I believe Jesus challenged them to bring them to repentance. In Acts 15 we...

Well it has happened again. For the 4th time this season I have poison Ivy. I hope you can bear with me as I wallow in my misery on the blog today but this is as good a place as any to descend into a...

I love Acts. The whole book is a whirlwind of activity as a bunch of uneducated but Spirit filled people make the Kingdom move forward after Christ ascends to the Father. What happens in Acts should never stay in Acts. If anything we need the...