What is our purpose here on this earth? For years and years, as I was growing up, my dad would ask me what I was going to do with my life as an adult. In my elementary years, I was going to be a professional baseball player. In my teenage years, I was going to own my own business and be a millionaire. Then, finally in my college years, I set aside sports and business for youth ministry. I would be...  Read More

Main Point and Overview:    Jesus’ earthly ministry had come to a close, and right before he died on The Cross for the sins of the world, he began his intercessory ministry for his disciples (Hebrews 7:25). He has been faithful to fulfill the will of God the Father, and now he prays for himself, his disciples, and those who will later form the church through his eternal salvation. He models for us...  Read More

Christmas gifts. We’ve all yearned for that one gift... ya know, the one that we just had to have, those presents that were going to “change our lives!” Let’s take a little nostalgic stroll down memory lane together and think about some of those items written in crayon in our letter addressed to the North Pole. If you need help with those memories, I took some time to survey a few different people...  Read More

I don't know about you but every event I go to, no matter what it is, I try and find the VIP section and ponder the question—how much do those tickets cost? For some of us maybe we have been lucky enough to sit in those VIP seats, with the play or the game happening just inches away! When sitting there you feel a sense of you are a part of it. During my college days I had the privilege to attend m...  Read More

“How will this be?” was Mary’s initial response when the angel told her she was going to bear a child. She was gobsmacked! She knew she was a virgin. Why would she, a simple girl, be found to have favor with God? So much so that she would conceive and give birth to God’s only son, Jesus. Can you imagine all the things that must have been swirling around in her head? So many questions. Why me? Why ...  Read More

Picture it. Nazareth. 9 months BC. You are just a teenager, living your life, engaged…and then suddenly out of nowhere an angel appears, and drops a bomb on you. Now you are a teenager, engaged, but to spice things up, now you are about to have a baby. Not just any ol’baby…THE baby—the one people had been waiting for, the baby that would grow up to die on the cross, to save us from our sins, to gi...  Read More