Feb 26, 20204 min readGod Doesn’t Want a Venmo Relationship With YouMy youth pastor growing up encouraged us to offer our lives as “blank checks” to God. When you gave someone a blank check, you signed...
Jun 26, 20193 min readSlaves to WorshipThe Apostle Paul taught in Romans that everybody—religious or irreligious, moral or immoral—is driven by worship. To worship something is...
Jan 14, 20192 min readWhat Is Joyful Sacrifice?When Paul told the church in Colossae, “Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you,” he was not revealing himself as some kind of sadist. He...
Jan 9, 20192 min readWhat Is Lacking in Christ’s Afflictions?Martin Luther famously said, “It wouldn’t matter if Jesus died 1,000 times if no one ever heard about it.” This statement helps us...
Mar 14, 20183 min readEarthly Risk, Eternal RewardOne of the most well-known examples of risking everything for God’s kingdom comes in the story of an unlikely hero. When her cousin...
Nov 1, 20174 min readHow to Work Hard and Be Happy“This is good for a man: Eat well, drink a good glass of wine, accept his position in life, and enjoy his work whatever his job may be,...