Before we get started, I’d like to get a couple of things out of the way. #1 I am by no means an expert in any area of ministry, public or personal. #2 The apostle Paul was extremely successful in both sides of ministry. #3 Just because you don’t have a public ministry doesn’t mean you don’t have a personal ministry to your circle of … Continue reading 6 Characteristics of Effective Personal Ministry (Part 1 of 2)
Dear gay friends, I wanted to clear the air and hopefully show you how I feel about you. First of all, I want you to know that I love you because you are human beings. You are precious and valuable in the sight of God, and He wants you to know Him. While I do not agree with the Supreme Court’s decision, I have no … Continue reading A Letter to All My Gay Friends
Through various circumstances, it was recently revealed to me that, in my current station in life, I have simply been maintaining the status quo. Good enough. Getting by. Staying comfortable. Not pushing myself. It is easy to lie to ourselves about what we are accomplishing. It is easy to make excuses for why things should be the way they have always been. When someone asks, … Continue reading Training or Maintaining?
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I am not discussing the side of legalism that teaches us to do good works to obtain salvation, but rather the spirit that says, I am a better person because my works are better than yours. In particular, we see their works are evil and ours are good. The essence of the legalism is pride. A preacher related the story to me that… Continue reading Confronting Legalism – We Need a Revival of Grace and Mercy
Hey there everybody, Let me start off by saying that the idea for this post has been silently simmering subconsciously (or subjacent the surface depending on how hard you like your tongue tanglers) for some time. I could never quite figure out how to say it and that is part of the reason for the wait. But the time has come. Please understand that I give … Continue reading The Hypocrisy In Our Sins or 50 Shades and Homosexuality
Most days of the weeks I see Facebook posts, Twitter tweets, and blog articles that all follow a basic thread: Our city/state/nation/world is wicked and going to hell, and they need to live right! While I agree to the facts of that statement, I cringe at the heart behind it. Statements like that one communicate a whole lot of disdain and disgust, and very little … Continue reading Putting a Band-Aid on a Cannonball Wound
In every situation you will ever face, you will be expecting something from it. From a trip to the DMV, buying your first car, your wedding day, or making a purchase on Amazon. In every one of life’s interactions there will be certain expectations about what is going to happen, how it is going to happen, and why it is going to happen. This expectation is that which makes … Continue reading — Why Great Expectations Are Garbage —
Every single one of us wants people to view us a certain way, and almost everything we do seems to be to make that happen. The things we say around certain people, the way we act or carry ourselves, our general attitude is often to maintain a personality. For instance, when I was in high school, I desperately tried to get people to think that … Continue reading A Good Testimony
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