My friend had given up getting through the entire Bible in a year; instead, he had simply recalibrated his expectations and continued his study. After all, what’s the hurry?...  Read More

What if Christmas isn’t about nostalgia?...  Read More

Zechariah’s despair dissipates like fog, and not just because he now has a son. He knows that Yahweh has crashed into history – Israel’s history, his own history – and the story of his people has turn...  Read More

We are all Mary....  Read More

They had to begin to learn how to think of themselves as Yahweh’s covenant people: remembering that He is faithful and that He will provide and protect His people – a mindset of abundance....  Read More

It was like running into a 350-pound lineman. Every ounce of momentum was halted in an instant when I heard the words… “You do not encourage me to love Christ.”...  Read More

Most people think of stewardship in strictly financial terms, as if stewardship is just a money-management technique. There are all kinds of problems with that way of looking at stewardship....  Read More

What is the purpose of the government? What is the purpose of the Church? What does this mean?...  Read More

The question is not whether our beliefs are “inclusive” or “exclusive” the question is on what grounds do we base our beliefs. ...  Read More

These words of Jesus are part of the Upper Room discourse, words He spoke to His men the night before He died. When we yank those words out of context – when we treat them like calligraphy we might fi...  Read More

People coming to church on Sunday morning are “voting with their feet.”...  Read More

What do we mean by “identity”? I am a man, a pastor, a husband and dad and Pappaw. I’m a side-sleeper, a Beavercreek resident, a booklover, a native Texan, an introvert. But those are just labels. The...  Read More