Posts tagged “Humility”
Being persistent, not stubborn
Today I want to talk to all the dreamers out there. I don’t mean the nighttime dreamers; I mean the other kind. If you…
Jesus hates hypocrisy
A few years ago, I heard a pastor confess his struggle with hypocrisy. As his congregation was preparing to host a midweek conference, the…
Better than 7,700,000,000 likes
It feels pretty good to be liked. Whether you’re a social media user or not, you’ve probably felt the rush of having someone notice…
You are the problem-and the solution
A friend asked on Facebook, “Quick question for everyone: why do you think things are so messed up right now?” I skimmed through every…
The problem with getting older
Now that I’m 40, the devil loves to use my experiences, hard-won wisdom, and lessons learned to convince me that I don’t need to…
I serve
If your life had a motto, what would it be? Here’s a better question. Would the motto you give your own life match the…
Don’t despise ordinary things
I almost got depressed the other day in church. As I was preaching, I said, “After six years as your pastor, I have preached…
Risk factor
“I’m not judging you; I’m just sayin’ . . .” is a trendy, risk-adverse attempt to vent one’s opinion without the added bonus of…
We must learn to judge like Jesus
You’ve probably heard that Jesus once said, “Do not judge, or you too will be judged” (Matthew 7:1). But what does that mean? Keep…
Submission mode
“Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ” (Ephesians 5:21). Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I have an announcement to make. We’re…
The earth is the Lord’s
Sometimes I need to be reminded who this world belongs to. Sometimes it seems that it belongs to everyone except me; people whose ideas…
No time for spiritual retirement
The Johnny Depp trial and the latest Top Gun movie have shown me, among other things, that my generation isn’t as young as it…