“Everyone serves the good wine first. They bring out the second-rate wine only when the guests are drinking freely. You kept the good wine until now.” John 1:10 Epiphany means “manifestation.…
Why are more and more companies offering access to chaplains as an employee benefit?
“I Love Jesus but not so much the church”? We’ve heard it said before: You can’t both love Jesus and not like the church. Admittedly, I even echoed similar sentiments using the analogy of one’s best friend marrying someone you don’t like; going on to say, because of this, the friendship probably wouldn’t work once …
Have you heard the hymn, What a Friend We Have in Jesus? If so, listen again. If, like me, you've experienced something so difficult you have nothing but Jesus to lean on, you know this hymn only scratches the surface ...
I am not a good salesman. If I had to make a living selling things to people, I would probably starve.
What if being a parent has more to do with us and our relationship with God, than somehow applying a Christian formula to our children and having them turn out evangelical?
The branches cannot exist without the vine, nor can they be fully healthy without the gardener, or vinedresser, who comes along to prune and trim as needed. It's a connectional, relational process.
With summer behind us and the fall season in our midst, I have been pondering the question of how do people fill themselves up with God? Or, do they not?
Is homosexuality a sin? It’s an age-old question, and there are people on both sides of the debate, each quoting their Bibles. How do we know who’s right? What would Jesus do if he were…
Is it not our duty to point out when a friend is committing a sin? Otherwise, if we don't try to save the soul of a sinner, then we too can be found guilty.
How can we learn to pray like Jesus? Let's study this popular passage in the Bible with Dr. Matt Williams and discover how to build a pattern of prayer.
Your ministry will be shaped by either your priorities or your pressures. If you don’t decide what’s really important in your ministry, you’ll have people
Every now and then someone will come to me and request parish services of some sort. Maybe it’s to plan a wedding, a baptism, or a funeral; maybe it’s to ask for money! Then I look at him or her and say, “Who are you?” (since I don’t recognize the person). “Oh, you may not …
Religion shouldn't be our focus... Jesus is. God is. Think about what you hold dear and realize our Savior is the most important thing.
What about people who have never been told the details of the gospel? Does God send people to hell for things they couldn't know?
Standing Firm in Your Faith. Christine Caine says we cannot grasp what God has for us on this earth until we understand to whom we belong. It’s easy to forget the rights, privileges, and responsibilities we have under Jesus Christ. When we do forget, we stray from truth
There are many benefits of being filled with the Holy Spirit. Do you know those benefits and do you experience them? Let Rick Renner walk you into the benefi...
Consider Jesus' own example when you think someone isn't ready to help others.