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August 2021

August 08, 2021

The Lord is Near in Our Pain- 1 Samuel 1

(This post is the first in a series of expositional posts on 1 Samuel. Though...

July 2021

July 21, 2021

The Best Quotes from Gentle and Lowly

Sometimes you just need to be reminded that Jesus loves you. As the stresses...

July 12, 2021

Why You Should Embrace Boredom

Many Christians struggle to read their Bibles every day. If you bring this issue up...

June 2021

June 30, 2021

The Best Quotes from The Possibility of Prayer

Mention prayer around most Christians and you are sure to see some people hang their...

June 27, 2021

How to Prepare a Sermon When You are a Bivocational Pastor

After 18 years of pastoring full-time, I stepped away from leadership, got a full-time job...

June 23, 2021

The Best Quotes from Your Future Self Will Thank You

Every once in a while, you read a book at the perfect time. When COVID...

June 21, 2021

The One Thing You Cannot Leave out of Your Funeral Sermon

When I was younger, after preaching a couple of family funerals and weddings, I asked...

February 2021

February 16, 2021

Why I Switched from a Digital Bible to a Paper Bible

When I was a young pastor, one of my favorite sounds was to hear people...

December 2020

December 28, 2020

My Favorite Books of 2020

I am writing this post from the front room of our home, which my wife...

November 2020

November 24, 2020

Love is the Mark of a Christian

I can still remember the ritual we went through every morning in my 2nd-grade class....

November 22, 2020

The First 15 Verses that Every Christian Should Memorize

When I was a young Christian, the people who discipled me pointed out the importance...

November 11, 2020

How to Read the News Wisely

When I was younger, if you wanted to know what the latest news was, you...

November 08, 2020

Nine Lessons I Have Learned Raising Four Children…So Far

Parenting has been different than I imagined it would be as we prepared to welcome...

October 2020

October 26, 2020

What I Learned from Reading Wendell Berry

For the past several years, I’ve been reading through Wendell Berry’s Port William novels. Berry,...

October 16, 2020

What to do When the Sunday Sermon Was Bad

In an honest moment at lunch after church one Sunday I slammed my hand down...

October 13, 2020

A Few Good Reads

“How to Master the Art of Disagreement- In the Church and on Social Media” We...

October 11, 2020

How to Keep Your Anger Under Control

Some sins feel like they stick around for decades. This is especially true for those...

October 10, 2020

What Do You Do When You Struggle to Pray?

Every Christian knows the feeling. You know you need to pray, but the words don’t...

October 06, 2020

A Few Good Reads

“Preacher, watch your tone in the pulpit.” I learned a lot from Dr. Hershael York...

October 04, 2020

How Can I Know that I Am a Christian?

Many Christians throughout the centuries have dealt with a lack of assurance. They think they...

March 2020

March 31, 2020

How Do I Know that God Will Help Me When I’m in Trouble?

When I was a kid, William Shatner hosted a program called Rescue 911. The show...

July 2019

July 15, 2019

The Best Quotes from The Common Rule

I have been using the Moment app for several years now to track the time...

July 09, 2019

Your Sin is Not Your Friend

Early in my Christian life, I heard the famous quote from the English pastor and...

July 01, 2019

Living Like You Have Real Hope

For the better part of two decades, Christians have appealed to emotion and enthusiasm as...

April 2019

April 07, 2019

When the Bible Confronts Your Confirmation Bias

“The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes along and...

December 2018

December 24, 2018

My Favorite Books of 2018

My life has been enriched by great books. Through reading, my walk with Christ has...

November 2018

November 23, 2018

What Should We Do When the Sadness is Unbearable?

There aren’t enough songs for sad Christians. I realize most people like to pretend that...

November 14, 2018

Where Do We Find True Joy?

We will never truly understand life until we understand that every person in the world...

November 10, 2018

Why Our Culture Needs a Strong Dose of Proverbs

If you grew up in the United States you have spent your entire life hearing...

November 03, 2018

When You Forget Who You Are

Have you ever heard someone say something when you were younger and it didn’t make...

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