These are heavy and dark days with the killings in Paris. People killing other people. Not by accident. People are taking the time to methodically plan to kill other human beings. They are willing to take a life and kill based on religion. I want you to hear this loudly: religion….
Being Transparent
Jesus grew up in Nazareth which is very close to Zippori, some call it Sepphoris. This was the town that was being re-built by Herod Antipas in the time of Jesus’ life and was a major hub in the region of the Galilee. Herod Antipas was one of the sons of…
Brian and I were in Israel last November and I saw many of the places where Jesus was when He was on this earth. I saw where He was born, where He grew up in Nazareth, where He helped Peter on the Sea of Galilee. “He was here” is what…
We all want to feel good about our spirituality. Then, there’s life and life gets busy. There are things that take up our time. Then some person writes a blog about praying and you want to slap them for writing something that reminds you how much you’ve failed at doing…
There are things in life we know to be good and yet we don’t always follow through on those good things: sleep, exercise, prayer. It’s easy in our minds to say these three activities are important, but are our actions verifying those beliefs? Are we being hypocritical? Think about sleep….
We continue our discussion this week on the movie, The War Room. This movie shows the viewer about the strategy of prayer in fighting our battles against evil, against those who hurt us, in our circumstances, and in those around us. How often do we use prayer in this manner, though?…
The War Room came out last weekend in movie theaters. It is a movie based on the power of prayer in our lives and how we can use prayer as a weapon to fight our battles. I highly recommend this movie to you if you have not already seen it. For…
Life has a funny way of throwing you a curve ball. You read your Bible, you pray, you seemingly do all the right things, and then one day, out of left field, here comes a ball you were not expecting. Some times you shrink back in fear and at other…
We are still on day two of our Israel Trip: Nazareth. Yes, I’m really just writing about day two! Seriously, this trip was a trip of a lifetime and one that I’m still trying to process 9 months later. Please be patient with me. As a reminder, Nazareth was the village…
Nazarene Youth Conference is going on right now in Louisville, KY. This is a place for teens in high school to experience a time of teaching and service for a week. The teens come from all over the United States and Canada to gather together to the tune of about…