As far as I can remember, I have always LOVED the spotlight. If there was a stage, I was on it. If there was a literal spotlight, I wanted to be in it. If I wasn’t singing, I was acting, and as I grew older and got into ministry, I started teaching children all the way to college-age students. I thrived in the spotlight, but over the last 6-7 years I haven’t stepped a foot onto a stage. My head go...  Read More

Many of us, myself included, just returned from a Spring Break vacation. Fun, restful, playful, and refreshing time away. Somewhere warm, good food to eat, no people to interact with, nowhere to be, and no deadlines to meet… but that vacation eventually comes to an end. Something my wife and I do inadvertently towards the end of a vacation, is start talking about the next vacation. We enjoy the on...  Read More

No one wakes up in the morning, looks in the mirror, and says, “I cannot wait to experience pain today! It’s going to be so awesome!” Instead, we strive for comfort. That is why we go on our favorite vacations, enjoy our favorite meals, watch our favorite movies, cheer for our favorite teams, play our favorite games, and hang out with our favorite people. Notice the word “favorite” inserted into e...  Read More

Main Point and Overview:   Motivation is the “straw that stirs their cup.” What motivates a person will expose the true intensions of that person’s heart. If he is driven by people’s applause, that will eventually come out in his actions. If he is easily offended by pushback, that will eventually come out in his actions. The point being that a selfless disciple of Jesus doesn’t get “caught in the ...  Read More

2 Corinthians 8:1-5“And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, they urgently pleaded with us for the privil...  Read More

Go back to the moment in time when you got saved. I recall that moment as if it was only yesterday. It was a truly a moment of I wasn’t saved to being a child of God: a follower of Christ. You don’t just ease into your salvation. It is a lucid moment of deliberate decision. When Christ reveals himself, clearing the fog of sin, and forcing you to make a choice. Accept or deny.   Paul had been in As...  Read More