If fifteen years as a pastor has taught me one thing, it’s this: Never compromise your integrity to Truth. If the world takes issue with you, just remember one critical thing: it’s not you they have a problem with, it’s God. If someone says to you, “I don’t like you,” either with words from their […]
The Bible Should Inspire, Not Depress, You My congregation and I are in the midst of a tremendously powerful series titled, Commitment, Responsibility, and Accountability To the Local Church. The Holy Spirit’s been heavy-handed with us and it’s been wonderful for one particular reason – the congregation has responded appropriately en masse. There are always
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: If commitment, responsibility, and accountability are the end goals, then INTEGRITY is the means to ensuring you get there. Convictions (like most things in the spiritual life) are not transactional; rather, they are constitutional. Your greatest responsibility to your family is your SPIRITUAL leadership!!! Even the Best of Us Fail
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Think about the power of stopping/starting something FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE AROUND US (even if you don’t “feel like it”). Think about how you can affect your loved ones going forward, in both of your families (natural and church). Your greatest responsibility to your family is your SPIRITUAL leadership!!!
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Hiding Behind False Nobility I’m hoping someday God asks me to write a book on this topic because it is so very prevalent and nuanced that it’s impossible to capture my thoughts in a single blog like this one. Please allow me to suggest a working definition for the term “false nobility” here – it’ll
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: The Truth hurts sometimes, especially when there’s an unavoidable action that we must take when convicted by it. Growing Pains -Blog from 7/18/25 A local assembly is a grace gift from God and we each have a role to play (1 Corinthians 12). We bring our own spiritual gifts to
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TODAY’S VERSE: 1 John 3:1a “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.” As we conclude our study on Eternal Security in prep school, we have been blessed to learn about how God gives us proof that we will always be
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: “exhort” – from parakaleo [para = “from close-beside” + kaleo = “to call”) – to “make a call” from being “close-up and personal” (“personally make a call”); refers to believers offering up evidence that stands up in God’s court. Barnes on Heb 3:13 Belonging to the same family; having the same interest in religion; and all suffering when one suffers,
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: We are serving the Lord in all we do. The Uber-ChoiceIs what we’re thinking, saying, or doing (or about to) bringing glory to God? Any “goodness” in God’s eyes comes from the obedience that comes from faith alone!
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: We are serving the Lord in all we do. What if God told you today that you only have a few more weeks on this planet?? How would your view of your life change?? If you’re living like you belong on this earth for 20 or 30 more years, and
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