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July 2013

July 01, 2013

The Most Valuable Commodity in the World

Over 25,000 Americans commit suicide each year. Over one million will try but only one...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

If God Could Use Them, He Can Use You

What do Moses, David, and Paul all have in common? These names represent some of...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

The Other Guy: A New Series on the Holy Spirit

This very well may be the most important sermon series I've preached since coming to...

May 29, 2013

Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit, by Francis Chan

If you had never before interacted with Christianity and simply picked up with the New...

May 24, 2013

A Word to Graduating Seniors

Graduating high school is an incredible rite of passage, a marker on your journey of...

April 2013

April 16, 2013

Making Sense of the Senseless Boston Marathon Bombings

Why? That's the question. Why do something so senseless? The Boston Marathon for years has...

April 08, 2013

The Hardest Thing You'll Ever Do

I'm not talking about weight loss. I'm not talking about getting out of debt. Those...

March 2013

March 25, 2013

When You Realize You Have No Non-Christian Friends

Have you ever been there? I have. It's the moment after you listen to an...

March 22, 2013

The Quickest Way to Grow Spiritually

It's not more Bible study. It's not praying more. Recently I was listening to an...

February 2013

February 13, 2013

Why I Preach the Way I Do

I literally just got back from speaking at a high school chapel at a Christian...

February 07, 2013

8 Reasons Why Your Prayers Go Unanswered

There's nothing more challenging to your prayer life than unanswered prayer. Why do our prayers...

February 04, 2013

My God is For Me

When God looks down from heaven at you, does he shake his head in disappointment?...

January 2013

January 28, 2013

Why Jerry Springer Would Love the Old Testament

Growing up, the Jerry Springer Show set the standard for low-brow talk shows. Every week,...

January 09, 2013

Finding Out That Someone Who Goes To Your Church Just Got Out of Prison

It's always a bit disconcerting at first. Especially if they don't give off the I-just-out-of-prison...

January 08, 2013

The Circle Maker by Mark Batterson

The Circle Maker is a call to action. A call to prayer, specifically. After reading...

January 07, 2013

The Prayer Every Parent Should Pray

In the book of Nehemiah, we see an incredible story of a man determined to...

January 01, 2013

My Favorite Thing about New Year’s Day

It's the hope. I love New Year's because of the natural hope that surrounds it....

January 01, 2013

My Favorite Thing about New Year's Day

It's the hope. I love New Year's because of the natural hope that surrounds it....

December 2012

December 12, 2012

Everyone Has a Story

Earlier this year my family went down to New Orleans for a short vacation. While...

December 11, 2012

Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption, by Katie Davis

Kisses from Katie wrecked me. I knew a little bit of her story, so I...

December 10, 2012

To All the Single Ladies Out There

Being a youth pastor for ten years, I've got a lot of "daughters" that I...

December 05, 2012

How to Overcome Your Fear of Giving

BIG Idea: Overcome the fear of giving by faith in giving. For the past several...

December 03, 2012

7 Awesome Things to Pray for Your Spouse

Hopefully all of us pray for our spouse. Too often though, they're prayers that don't...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

How to Break Your Addiction to Stuff

BIG Idea: Giving is the only antidote to greed. The behemoth of Black Friday...

November 27, 2012

Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship, & Life Together by Mark and Grace Driscoll

Do you ever wish a pastor would shoot straight about sex? Not the pie-in-the-sky sexual...

November 27, 2012

Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship, & Life Together by Mark and Grace Driscoll

Do you ever wish a pastor would shoot straight about sex? Not the pie-in-the-sky sexual...

November 14, 2012

Live For the Line, Not the Dot

BIG Idea: Live for the line, not dot. Have you ever encountered someone who lacked...

November 07, 2012

A Letter To Barack Obama

Dear Mr. President, Although I did not vote for you, I will support you as...

November 05, 2012

Seven Ways to Fight Biblically With Your Spouse

Last week in our marriage series, I shared seven ways to fight with your spouse,...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

Follow the Money, Find Your Heart

BIG Idea: Follow the money, find your heart. As a teenager, I had an addiction....