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An Accommodating Gospel: Why Jesus Will Not Accept Your Sin
The story of the rich young ruler has a striking parallel to culture today. What wealth and possessions were to him, sexuality has become to us. When he was confronted by the Gospel, he was unable and unwilling to accept what Jesus said. The Bible says, “He walked...
The Happiness You Are Searching For
It’s a frustrating feeling when you know you should be thankful for all that God has done for you, but you don’t feel satisfied. You recognize God has given you a family, an income and even health. While you have all of these to enjoy, there still seems to be...
Heavy Laden: Trusting Jesus with Your Burdens
I pray and counsel with people on a daily basis. Just this week, I am walking down hard paths with many families facing difficult circumstances. Cancer, job loss, addiction, and divorce are just a few of life’s hurts I am watching people face...people I love and...
Moving Mountains: Trusting Jesus to Heal Your Body
Do you believe in miracles? I do. I have had a front row seat to seeing God do the impossible. I’ve seen Him respond to the prayers of His people and do what doctors and medicine cannot. Some may argue that God does not heal today, but a man with an experience is...
Don’t Walk Away: Trusting Jesus to Heal Your Broken Marriage
“I opened to my beloved, by my beloved had turned and gone.” Song of Solomon 5:6 In Song of Solomon 5, a tragedy of mistiming happens in a relationship. I have seen the story of Song of Solomon play out many times in my counseling office. I do not believe I have ever...
Transformation vs Recovery: Trusting Jesus with Your Addiction
What happens when people who love God and have trusted Him for salvation still struggle with addictions? If we say things like, “The power of the Gospel is all you need?” Is it that the power of the gospel did not work in their life? Was it not effective for their...
Why It Matters When Others Pray For You
I am always getting requests to pray for people, and I am thankful for it. We are a praying Church and I am glad when people share what is going on in their lives so that we can better pray for them. It encourages me that people trust us enough to share their...
Waiting on the Holy Spirit
“As you wait before God in holy silence, He sees it as a confession that you have nothing, no wisdom to pray aright, no strength to work aright. Waiting is the expression of need, of emptiness.” - Andrew Murray I am a type-A, self-starter kind of person. Therefore, I...
When We Miss It: Thoughts on God’s Kingdom
We have carefully studied Acts 1 this month and I have enjoyed this chapter of the Bible so much. It seems every phrase we have studied is packed with deep truth. One of the phrases we will be highlighting this weekend is found in Acts 1:5. There is a phrase in verse...
A New Foundation: What God is doing at Preaching Christ Church
The Lord has been speaking many things to me since October. Recently, He has been waking me up in the middle of the night or very early in the morning hours to say specific things to me. I am thankful for these visitations because it reminds me I am not alone. All of...
When You Have Done All You Can…Stand (Thoughts on Gossip & Forgiveness)
Charles Spurgeon said Christians need, “A tough hide and a tender heart.” Well I have needed both this week. It is rare that I deal with gossip and slander. But I have certainly had to deal with it this week. It’s been weighing heavy on me. Christians are prone to...
An Open Letter to Preaching Christ Church
PCC Family, We are quickly approaching our Spring community events. As I was praying for our church, I felt the Lord saying to me that we need to understand God’s responsibility and our responsibility as we pray and prepare for this season of our church. God’s...