Tag: cross

I Surrender All

Letting Go Surrender: What are you holding on to that you need to let go? Judson Van DeVenter was a musician and teacher who lived at the end of the…



Faithful to love

Failure? What does a God who is good do with people who fail?  The reality is, failure is a part of every person’s journey.  Let me say that again because…



Faithful through the Ages

What does faithfulness look like? Sometimes it may be hard to define what faithfulness is or what it looks like. But we know about the opposite of faithfulness.  Unfaithfulness.  We…



God has a plan for you

Does God have a plan for your life? About 15-20 years ago I became friends with a guy who was a former football player for Alabama. He played under the…



God Hears, God Forgives, and God Heals

If you could ask the God of the universe for something and you knew beyond the shadow of a doubt that he would hear your request and answer, what would…



God’s Love Never Fails

What do you think about God? A.W. Tozer once made this observation. He wrote, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about…



The Promise, The Prophecy, Racism, and God’s Answer

Ta-Nehisi Coates once wrote these words in his book, Between the World and Me, a book that reads as a letter to his son, “Black people love their children with…



All God’s Promises are Yes and Amen

Stones of Remembrance When my wife Alisha and I were in Israel, we quickly realized we needed a way to remember some of the most important moments of that trip….



in between

Living in the In-Between

Now What? Each year Easter Sunday is a reminder that something happened 2000 years ago that changed everything. The big question following the resurrection of Jesus following Easter Sunday is…



hope will arise

Hope Will Arise

“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen. Not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” – C.S. Lewis What…