“I really felt the Spirit moving in worship this morning.” That phrase was somewhat of a common phrase growing up in my church.  When worship was a time where people were pouring their hearts out before the Lord, the service would be followed by people uttering a phrase similar to the one at the top […]

“Being a daddy will change your life.” When I heard this phrase years ago I chalked it up as a “No-Duh” kind of statement.  In my early twenties I figured the life change centered around changing diapers, buying baby food and watching Blue’s Clues.  I had no idea of the life change that was in […]

The words “aggressive” and “Christianity” are words that when paired together, bring out hard to swallow moments in Christian history.  It is very easy to picture moments like the Crusades and The Spanish Inquisition.  We picture denominations splitting over varying opinions of non-essential doctrine.  We think of protestors who say hurtful things and hold vile […]

Lately a weight has been sitting on my heart.  The weight has been my role as teacher of the students that God has placed me over and how careless I had become in teaching them.  Obviously, it was not a carelessness that was intentional but it had crept into my life over time.  As I […]

A couple of weeks ago, I went to see one of my students play in a high school soccer game.  This particular day was warmer than most, so I stopped by a gas station to grab a Powerade to drink during the game.  So I walked in the store, grabbed a grape Powerade and went […]

Tell me if this sounds familiar to many of us: “Man, I’m getting a little chunky!  I need to lose some weight.  I’m going to diet, do research on the best ways to exercise and then I’m going to join a gym.  I’m going to lose weight this year!” We start our dieting and working […]

One of the most universally understood calls to Christians in Scripture is to “go therefore and make disciples of all nations.”  Though universally understood, one may say that this is a call from Scripture that is ignored, underfunded and grossly neglected in practice by the church as a whole.  Take moment and run through a […]

The highlight of my weekend relaxation most times, is slipping into our backyard, grabbing a coffee/soda and spending a good portion of the day with my nose in a book.  A few weeks ago I grabbed a small sized book from J.D. Greear and a Peach Nehi and went out into the backyard. On the […]

An unmistakeable element of the Christian life is sacrifice.  Christ certainly set the mark high for us as He laid down His life even when the world hated Him (Romans 5).  Many Christians sacrifice in many ways by giving of their: money, effort, love & time.  As we give over so many of these things […]

I am often asked about the reliability of Scripture from my students in the ministry of Collide.  While it is certainly a complex answer, the short answer is yes.  While the answer to this question is too involved to type in a blog, I thought I’d share a recent sermon that I preached.  I spoke […]