God has a masterful way of molding me through the landmark moments in my life and showing me His character that is revealed in Scripture. When I submitted to Christ, I saw the love of God in a depth that I had never fully understood. When God called me into ministry, I saw the strength […]
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“Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” ~ Matthew 2:1-2 The […]
“And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I […]
We’ve spent the first 8 days of this Advent devotional looking into the promises and covenant of the coming King. We’ve been able to see Christ as one who will crush the head of the enemy, who will make sons of many people from all over the world, who will be wounded but ultimately be […]
I had the opportunity to fill in for our pastor last Sunday and gladly preached the week after Easter. We took time to look at Luke 24 and how the Resurrection impacts the believer more than just one weekend a year. If you have some time I pray God’s Word would build you up […]
***This is an article originally written by me for Desiring God. You can view it here.*** “You are going to have a healthy baby boy.” Those are the words every expectant couple wants to hear. But what happens when a couple gets the most stomach-churning news imaginable — news that there’s a medical issue with […]
In the past few days reports of ISIS beheading 21 Egyptians in Libya began to make its way through American news wires and social media outlets. As I began to read the accounts of the horror and evil being played out half a world away, my stomach was sickened. My heart broke. I was filled […]
I became a Christian at 15 years old and surrendered to a call to ministry at 16. Yet, as I grew in faith, my understanding of the word “gospel” was limited to Southern Gospel Music. I had no idea that the word gospel was rooted in the very fabric of Scripture. At the time, I […]
“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 […]
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 […]