Pride & Love In a classic book entitled “Humility,” Andrew Murray once wrote…. Hidden pride lives in self-seeking, self-will, self-confidence, and self-exaltation which stops the soul from entering the kingdom,…
Faith and Questions When I was young, my mom used to point to the small things around us and use them to teach us about God. About how the birds…
Painting the Parable Do you believe that how you live before death affects how you live after death? That what you do in the here and now will affect what…
Jesus and His Stories Jesus often told stories, and many of his stories, even if you didn’t grow up in church, even if you haven’t read the Bible, you probably…
Easter Sunday It’s Sunday morning. Did you hear the news? Did you hear what happened? Someone said they saw a dead man walking. Frank, Jack and the Rest of Us…
What Happens When You Rise? In baptism something has to die. Baptism is a burial. It is a watery grave. It’s not magic. It’s sacred, spiritual, and it is real…
Have You Died? Some of you may have more questions than answers when it comes to baptism. I get that. Some of you grew up thinking one way about baptism…
Do I Have To? Do you have to be baptized to go to heaven? This is one of the MOST common questions people ask me. And I understand the question. I’m not sure…
Baptism Questions “There is no story but God’s; no God but the Father, Son, and Spirit; and no life but the baptized life.” – Robert Webber, The Divine Embrace: Recovering…
What’s the Bog Deal About Baptism? For many of us who consider ourselves followers of Jesus, we would say that in many ways, that journey began with our baptism. Our baptism was a literal watershed…