"All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had." Acts 4:32This sense of unity and selflessness is often a challenge in our society today—a society that places more value on personal achievement and individual success, than working together in unity. I could write on and on about the dangers of those thi...  Read More

The commotion began to grow, the noise started to stir, a man that they had all walked by at the gate was now walking, jumping, and shouting praise to God! The actions of Peter and John, led to an opportunity to preach Christ. Repentance and belief filled the colonnade. Over five thousand had now come to faith in the risen Christ. In marched the disturbed religious leaders who felt threatened. So ...  Read More

How does a person lose weight? How does a team win a championship? How does a business grow their influence? How does a relationship stay connected? How does a Christian stay consistently committed to Christ? We are all looking for the “magic formula” or the “blueprint for success.” There is one emphatic characteristic of success...endurance.Success doesn’t happen overnight. It takes hard and comm...  Read More

Main Point and Overview:  Worship is a lifestyle. It is developed as your appetites are adjusted away from the world and to the Savior. For the 1st century church, they were facing a ton of pressure from all angles. The writer of Hebrews understood this, so he gave these young believers an intentional blueprint for success. He wanted them to realize that they should never go back to their past lif...  Read More

As I warm up my fingers and get ready to type, my eyes are fixed on the spot in the sky where the sun is straining to illuminate the day. The current temperature is 1 degree and there is a beautifully eerie haze with an occasional flash of snow dust swirling about.  I feel like I’m in a scene from Frozen, which is a Disney favorite of several of my granddaughters.  In the background, the chatter o...  Read More

We all have been in a spot when a child asks the world's most famous question “Why”? Proceeded by once again “Why”? Which then triggers a whole rabbit train of whys and so on, to the point we don't have the answer they are looking for. In that moment we most likely throw out some crazy answer that then stops them from asking more questions!Ecclesiastes 5:2  “Do not be quick with your mouth, do not...  Read More