Anxiety

Anxiety

An anxiety visual: picture in your mind a well-worn hat that you have worn so often that it is just downright comfortable. It might not look good, or even be stylish, but over the years it’s molded to your head because you have worn it so often. When Jesus saved you and came into your […]

Remember

Remember

Part of our sanctification is remembering the damage of our sins so that we don’t repeat them. Like touching fire, it burns us, so we remember not to do that again. It would be dangerous if we always forgot that fire hurts us just after touching it. I heard an illustration years ago; One day […]

Inductive Bible Study

Inductive Bible Study

A couple of weeks ago we finished our class “How to study your Bible and understand it”. In that class, we did a workshop where we tackled Psalm 1 with the inductive Bible study method. Which includes 3 steps: 1) Observation 2) Interpretation 3) Application. Below you will find the slides showing you each step […]

Apologetics

Apologetics

Apologetics have been a passion of mine over the past few years as I wanted to better understand what I believe and be able to articulate it to others. The best definition I found for Christian apologetics: Knowing what you believe, why you believe it and be able to communicate that to others in a […]

Love

Love

A couple of months ago I had a young man in his twenties ask me. “How do you know if you love someone and when did you know that your wife was the one you wanted to spend the rest of your life with”? (I wanted to share my response which is something that I […]

Your Master

Your Master

Men, are you being “double-minded” as in James 1:8 and/or trying to “serve two masters” as in Matthew 6:24? Are you unstable in your life, do you hate one of your masters? A similar type of question that Elijah asked the people of Israel at Mount Carmel should be asked of us today to help […]

Joy

Joy

Colossians 3:2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. I was going through my journal today and was reminded of this story from a year ago. Today I had the privilege to talk to a man with down syndrome while standing in line at the grocery store […]

Elements

Elements

Scientifically speaking there are 4 basic elements that humans need to survive.1) Water.  2) Food. 3) Air. 4) Light. The Word of God tells us that:1) Jesus offers Living Water so we will never thirst again. (John 4:14) 2) Jesus said He is the Bread of Life so we will never hunger again. (John 6:35) […]

Taken out of context

Distorted Scripture

Over time sayings and teachings about scripture can be distorted when we take them at face value and do not search the scriptures to validate or correct them. I compiled a small list of sayings that people attribute to being in the Bible, but they are not. Now is a great time to have the […]

Growth

Growth

As a man, I know the struggle all too well to resist change. Even though I have learned over the years that growth is healthy. When I think back on my life, some of my worst years were when I was stagnant and didn’t grow. When I turn to God’s Word, I see it also […]