Posts tagged “Faith”
Go big
The story of Babel is a cautionary tale. The lesson is that being self-aggrandizing never ends well. When our motives are to defy God…
Celebrate your dependence
For people reading this in the United States, today is Independence Day. Americans love to celebrate the day the Continental Congress declared we were…
For women 18-49 (and those who love them)
If you’re a female under 50, who’s the best person at church to teach you how to live a God-pleasing life? (Hint: It’s not…
For men 18-49 (and those who love them)
Godliness for younger guys is simple. In Titus chapter 2, Paul gives older guys a long list (be temperate, self-controlled, loving, etc). Older women…
For women 50 and older (and those who love them)
Paul wrote some curious words about older women: “Teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers…
For men 50 and older (and those who love them) – Part 2
If you’ve ever witnessed a baptism, you might have seen a small crowd of people gathered in front of church. When a child is…
For men 50 and older (and those who love them) – Part 1
Of all the official members of my church, about 7 percent of them are what the apostle Paul called “older men,” a Greek word…
Be a connoisseur of Christ
Do you love coffee? I sure do! As a mom of young kids, coffee is vital to my energy levels, but I really love…
Comfort and confront
I’m so glad the doctor told me the bad news. Back in the year 2000, I suffered a traumatic injury during a soccer game….
The urgency of evangelism
One afternoon I was staring at the screen of my laptop, trying to come up with a sermon theme for an upcoming message on…
He was raised to life for you
In 1994 Nevest Coleman was working his dream job as a groundskeeper for the Chicago White Sox. That’s when he was convicted of murdering…
Even for me?
One of Satan’s biggest lies is to try to convince people that Jesus is not for people like them. They know what Jesus did,…