Spiritual Growth
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Don’t Miss Out on Heavenly Rewards
When I was a kid, I loved taking part in competitions and winning awards. It helped validate my efforts and prove that I could succeed. And, when I received the […]
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Show Up and Smile: A Great Way to Encourage Your Church Family
Do you care about your brothers and sisters in Christ, especially those who are a part of your church family? If so, you can encourage them in a very simple […]
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How to Detox Your Mind — Part 2 (Ephesians 4)
Our minds default to negativity, distractions, stress, and selfishness. That’s thanks to our sinful nature. And, therefore, just as our bodies need a good detox now and then, so do […]
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How to Detox Your Mind — Part 1 (James 1:21 & James 4:10)
It’s easy for our minds to become cluttered and contaminated with negativity, distractions, stress, and sin. Just as our bodies need detoxification to cleanse and rejuvenate, our minds require the […]
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Faith Healers, False Teachers, And Fraudsters: Christian Beware!
Peter Popoff was one of the most popular religious celebrities of the 1980s. He was a flamboyant millionaire with staggering fame. Millions of men and women of faith clung to […]
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Why Me? What Did I Do to Deserve This?
Years ago, while in my twenties, I was pushing my mother through a hospital in a wheelchair. My mother was a godly woman and she suffered more than she deserved. […]
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Give Your Attitude a Philippians 4:8 Adjustment
A thermostat needs to be adjusted to regulate the temperature in a room. A camera lens (at least on professional cameras) needs adjustment to bring things into focus and better […]
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Is It Okay to Be Rude or Disrespectful (At Least Sometimes)?
There is an ongoing debate in Christian circles about whether it’s necessary to be “nice.” There are also, at the same time, a lot of non-Christians who wonder why Christians […]
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Test Everything!
You’ve heard the old saying about assuming, right? Since this is a Christian blog (a pastor’s blog, no less), I’ll paraphrase. The saying is that assuming makes a … donkey […]
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How to Avoid (or at least Minimize) the Pulpit-Pew Disconnect (Part One)
In Bible-believing evangelical churches across America, there is a disconnect between the pulpit and the pew–and there is no shortage of opinions on what can or should be done about […]
