God’s Big Win for Your Life
Have you ever thought about what God’s long-term aim is for your life? Do you know what it is?...
Become What You Are Declared to Be!
Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Four times in the latter half of Ephesians Paul commands the church to “walk” (4:1, 17 in a prohibition; 5:2,...
What Unbelief Sounds Like
“Lord, I believe, help my unbelief!”. Alas, a prayer I have prayed many times (and you probably have too). It can be a commendable...
Living From Approval, Not For Approval
Let me ask you a question: What do you think God feels about you right now? Irritation over your...
Soured Ambitions
Ambition is a lot like milk. It starts out tasty but sours quickly. And, though it may appear white and pure on the outside, it gets nasty...
Leaders, Let’s Not Lose Leaders!
Once I heard a radio interview with a Christian college professor contrasting college students today with those of the past. Decades ago,...
The Beauty of Replacing Yourself
“Lead the way!” Those are, essentially, Moses’s final command to Joshua. At 120 years, Moses...
Gospel Audacity Today
The word audacious hardly brings to mind serenity or comfort. Nobody ever claims to have an audacious sleep or an audacious moment of...
When My Rights Make Me Wrong
Allow me to introduce you to Otto. Otto was a long-time worship leader at his church who set his sights week in and week out on faithfully...
Leaders, Don’t Give Up!
One of the epic scenes depicting failure comes from the 1999 movie October Sky. The movie tells the...
