I heard it said that a great marriage is the union of two great forgivers. A broken world teaches us to have a bitter heart. A loving God teaches us to let it go.“We are more than conquerors through Him who loved us” (Romans 8:37). None of us can avoid getting hurt, but we can control how long we stay hurt.
From the depths of my heart, I want to love church.
I want to be head-over-heels for church like the unshakable Ned Flanders.
I want to send global, sky-writing airplanes telling the life-change that happens beneath a steeple. I want to install a police microphone on top of my car and cruise the streets screaming to the masses about…
Communication of the Sunday message is not one of my core responsibilities as Executive Pastor.
On occasion, I have enjoyed the privilege of preaching on Sunday and received very kind and encouraging comments that the message was great. Well, if I only deliver the message two or three times a year, it should be great. However, if I had to do that 30 or 40 times a year, it would be average at best.
That’s the difference between good and …
You tend to base your decisions on one of four motivations in life: circumstances, conveniences, criticisms, or convictions. Yet only decisions that are based on your convictions will last and leave a lasting legacy.
The people who have made the greatest impact on this world, for good or bad, are those who had the deepest convictions. They weren’t necessarily the smartest people, the brightest people, the most educated, the wealthiest, or even the most famous.…
The Church is the most magnificent concept ever created. It has survived persistent abuse, horrifying persecution, and widespread neglect. Yet despite its faults (due to our sinfulness), it is still God’s chosen instrument of blessing and has been for 2,000 years.…
We’ve all been in that situation. A relationship that is so far gone that you’d have to perform reconstructive surgery in order to repair it. It’s messy, uncomfortable and stressful – like there’s a cloud of anxiety hanging over you every time you see that person. Doesn’t feel so great, does it? But what people tend to miss is that that big, uncomfortable thunderhead was once a small cloud off in the horizon. What happened?…
Seeking out, welcoming and positively responding to offered feedback is the missing ingredient for many leaders. Dr. Buckingham paraphrases John 8:31-32 and puts it this way, “Truth, rightly responded to, sets us free.” …
