Have you ever had something happen to you and you just couldn't believe it? I think we can all remember a time when something like that has happened, or something happened and no one else believes you. Years ago, at youth group, we used to do what we called the "Impossible Shot". It was to throw a football across the entire gym and make it into the basketball hoop. We would spend a crazy amount of...  Read More

Being in situations where people are applying extreme pressure is difficult. I don’t know if you watch any of those cop shows like “Law and Order”, but sometimes you see them put people under lights and grill them, looking to create a situation where people will crack under the pressure. It can happen in the workplace too. People can put peer pressure on you to where you feel intimidated by the si...  Read More

“Ahh… you think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but blinding!” – Bane (The Dark Knight Rises)Darkness. That was all this blind beggar had ever known, he was born in it. He had no conception of colors, red, yellow, black, or white, the vivid water colored picture of a s...  Read More

Over the years, I have learned a valuable lesson: first impressions do NOT tell the entire story. When I was in my first church as a youth pastor, my wife and I experienced some trauma. The pastor, while he loved Jesus, was very legalistic and close-minded. His wife was even worse. Keep in mind that Tami and I were new to the ministry. We were in our early-20s, and we had literally no experience o...  Read More

Main Point and Overview:We have all been a part or seen something shocking in our lives. In that moment, we are tempted to judge the result based on our own biased perceptions. The story of Jesus healing the blind man is filled with different perceptions of what had happened and who had done what. As Jesus continued to teach and preach, there were times when he showed the power of the Kingdom of G...  Read More

“You have two ears and only one mouth, so you better spend twice as much time listening as you do speaking!” Those are words you’ve either said to your children, or heard from a parent or teacher. There is so much truth and wisdom in this, and it’s in God’s word.James 1:19-21 “My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angr...  Read More