Do you ever feel like it is hard to have faith sometimes? If so, know that you are not alone. Every one of us goes through times in our lives when it is harder to have faith than other times. There are times we know where God is calling us, and we don't want to listen. There are also times when we get instruction from God in our lives, and it just doesn't seem to make sense right away. One of the ...  Read More

When we read the Bible sometimes, we can be star struck reading all the ways in which God intervenes in human history in direct ways. Sometimes we forget the Bible spans thousands of years. We just see how many times God moves in those people lives. Here the Israelites are finishing up the 40+ year journey of being freed from slavery in Egypt where they experienced God defeating the Egyptians with...  Read More

We see it in creation all the time, things to be in awe of and amazed with, simple things being so still in their created complexity. It was an early Monday morning, a little over a week ago, I had taken the day off work since it was a busy Saturday and Sunday of ministry. With my wife gone at work, and my kids off to school for the day, how am I going to spend my time resting and recuperating? It...  Read More

When Israel sent spies to “check out” Jericho, God had something bigger in mind than they ever could have imagined. The one who would hide them from getting caught and executed was a woman by the name of Rahab. She was not at all what anyone would have expected. She was a prostitute, someone who was “far from God” in her actions and beliefs.Israel was on a mission to take over the “promised land” ...  Read More

Main Point and Overview:   Success doesn’t just happen; it’s the result of a process. We all want to be successful husbands or wives, fathers or mothers, leaders or followers, etc. We should desire to be successful disciples of Jesus Christ! In order to achieve spiritual success, we must have a proper mindset. To the professional world, a person must find the balance of confidence and humility, co...  Read More

A lot has changed over the centuries of how land ownership is acquired. I can still hear my eighth grade U.S. history teacher, Mr. Elias, passionately share about land being acquired through compromise, purchase, and a lot of conflict; the Revolutionary War, Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Indian Wars, and forced treaties just to name a few. Have you become a landowner lately? ...  Read More