Truth Walkers

Truth Walkers

The world needs truth walkers now more than ever before. Those who tread that path are not usually found in the popular crowd. They tend to not be the most trendy folks on the horizon. Their interests lean more toward the spiritual foundations of eternity rather than temporal fads of the day. They don’t always fit well with the truth talkers who only speak of the truth but rarely take steps along its steep incline. While the world doesn’t necessarily gather around to praise . . .

The World is smaller: It Still Needs Jesus

The World is smaller: It Still Needs Jesus

I’m not sure about you but throughout my life the world has broadened. Through my early education, a few travel experiences, news and social media, the awareness of the world around me grew by leaps and bounds. Once I began to experience some of those places or engage with people from various cultures, I realized something else: The world . . .

Future Thanksgivings

Future Thanksgivings

Did you ever stop to think about being thankful for future blessings? What? Why would we do that? How can you be thankful for something that you don’t have or hasn’t even happened? It can happen and it should as we consider the promises of God. In fact, we act in faith when we are thankful for his promises, trusting that they will . . .

Good Beg(end)ing

Good Beg(end)ing

About three months ago, the Lord begin to work on our leadership and people at Family Life Bible Church by creating this huge thirst within our hearts for a refreshing from Him. We didn’t know what to do other than to devote a period of time to seeking . . .

Faith At All Costs

Faith At All Costs

No matter how many times we hear about faith or talk about faith, we will never realize the cost of faith until we are practicing it in the trenches of life. It is there that we discover there is more than knowing the right answers or singing in the right key if we are going to live a life that is . . .

When You're Too Tired For Holiness

When You're Too Tired For Holiness

Several that I've talked to recently don't have a problem with being holy as much as they do with striving for holiness. Why? Well because striving usually requires effort and many people are so tired. What makes everyone tired? If I can sum it up in one word it would be . . . 

The Truly Happy (Part 2)

The Truly Happy (Part 2)

In a world that wants instantaneous happiness there's a little bit of irony that this theme comes in two blog posts, right? In fact we've probably come to understand that being truly happen doesn't have a 5, 7, or 12 step plan. Rather it's the blessing that comes from living a life that is completely surrendered to Christ. He's shown us what that looks like in . . .

The Truly Happy (Part 1)

The Truly Happy (Part 1)

Do you remember that time you were truly happy? Hmmm . . . well that would depend on your definition of happiness, right? If we’re talking about fleeting bursts of energy when we accomplished much, or an emotional surge when a victory is experienced, then yes we can probably come up with some moments in our lives when . . .

No Other Gods

No Other Gods

Could it be that we sometimes wander into the area of becoming spiritual hoarders? There are piles of objects, bundles of activities, clusters of people, or stacks of positions that we allow to clutter our heart's house so that we can no longer sense the presence of a holy God. He has something to say about our habit and He stated it very clearly in . . .

Lukewarm?

Lukewarm?

My experience with lukewarm coffee makes me cringe when I think of how the Lord must have felt about the church at Laodicea. It seems that within that body of believers had crept a comfortable self reliance that had brought the temperature of these folks to a degree of absolute uselessness. These guys had become so tepid that they didn’t even realize their true need for a . . .

At the Feet of Jesus

At the Feet of Jesus

My dad tells the story of when my younger brother, Tim, woke him up one night. Dad was lying on his side toward the edge of the bed. Something caused him to open his eyes where he saw that Tim was just standing there, a foot from his face, looking at him. I know. The stuff you would see in a horror flick. Tim said, “Daddy. What are we gonna do now?” Dad crawled out of bed and said, “We’re going back to bed!”

Tim is a lot like us when it comes to sitting at the feet of Jesus . . .

The Heart of Community

The Heart of Community

There are times we might become disillusioned by some of the things that take place within the body of Christ. We are, in fact, a family made up of imperfect people. Yet this is the amazing thing. God uses those weaknesses to show his strength as He does tremendous things in our midst . . .

Offending God's Holiness

Offending God's Holiness

Pollution is offensive! Whether it be trash left on a scenic waterway or the air in Zabol, Iran which is the world’s most polluted city. Personally, I am offended when I see bags of trash or discarded furniture and appliances dumped along an otherwise beautiful country backroad.

We find occasions in God’s Word where he is offended . . .

What To Do When Love's Grown Cold?

What To Do When Love's Grown Cold?

You’ve just heard a word of the Lord through your pastor that he/you/we are all in need of revival in our hearts (In case you haven’t heard this call to revival, listen here). Now what? Throughout Scripture when a call to revival was issued there was always a response but revival was not always realized. Why? It was because of what type of response was given.