What a preacher really wants
Sep 8th
I am young guy. Many people have a better insight into God, life and Gods Word than I do. I have been preaching in a pulpit for four years and it has been a great experience, but I recognize I am only a young punk who has a lot to learn.
It has been great over this time to have people support (and suffer under) my preaching. It takes time and encouragement and many bad sermons to make good preachers. Much of it is trial and error.
That is why I am so thankful to the people who have supported me. Last More >
It’s human nature
Apr 16th
“It’s human nature”, “to err is human, to forgive is divine”, “I am only human”, “It’s okay, nobody is perfect”. These sayings all contain a grain of truth. The problem is that the most dangerous truths are the ones that sound truthful but are just a little bit off. In our culture most people operate under one of two (or both) fallacies about human nature:
1) Humans are good people
2) If humans make mistakes that doesn’t change that they are good people
Our culture is blind about what human nature is really like. No one ever has to tell their kids “stop More >
Two become one
Feb 22nd
In Mark 10 Jesus answer’s the Pharisees question about divorce by holding up the way God made it – and we see that:
In marriage ONE man and ONE woman become ONE flesh for life
Twice the Pharisees ask about the exceptions to marriage and twice Jesus declares God’s will FOR marriage. He says, “and the two will become ONE FLESH”, “so they are no longer two BUT ONE FLESH”. Jesus uses the term ONE FLESH twice because he wants us to see clearly how good God has made marriage.
In marriage two people become ONE. Physically – one flesh. Emotionally - More >
I want to be first!
Feb 14th
In Mark 9 Jesus predicts his won death and resurrection – Jesus the Son of Man will be handed over by God into the hands of sinful mankind and our sin will kill him. Jesus disciples don’t understand and are afraid to ask him but they’re not afraid to argue with each other about who’s the greatest in Jesus’ new kingdom.
They want what we want. They want to be first. They want to have a position of prominence and importance. And so do we. Our world is all about climbing the importance ladder isn’t it. The higher you go the More >
A Sneak Peak at the Future
Feb 14th
When I was in primary school, on more than one Christmas eve, I decided to have a sneak peak into the future. Here was my deceptive plan. I’d say good night to my family and go up to my room. and there I’d wait. At around midnight, after my parents had gone to be, I’d sneak out of my room, go downstairs and have a peak at all the presents under the tree. Actually that’s not quite true – I’d just peak at MY presents. If the presents were BIG and many – then I’d go back to bed expectant More >
Are you good enough for Christmas?
Dec 13th
Santa is an interesting character. He is a lovable character because he is so generous, he gives the worlds children so many presents. Yet one of the most interesting things about Santa is his gift list. As the song says, he makes a list and checks it twice, to find out who is naughty and nice. Most of us are not that concerned about how Santa grades us but when it comes to how God judges us we should be concerned. The Bible is clear that we all fail to live up to Gods standard. As Romans 3 says:
“There is More >
When you feel like God is far away
Dec 9th
Why, when we read or sing Psalm 42′s simile of a deer panting for brooks of water, do we think of Bambi stooping to drink in a green forest glade? Why not, instead, a parched dying thirst-crazed antelope in the desert? Because so often our thirst for God is simply the top-up to an already satisfied life: A life filled with good things from a culture that lacks nothing. The Psalmist’s experience is far more urgent; a dying man knowing that “the living God” is the only source of life that is available to him.
The Psalmist experiences the parching absence More >
Do you feel like God is not enough? (3)
Dec 6th
What can we do when we feel like God is not enough? When we feel like God is somehow ripping us off or cheating us out of some good things that other people are enjoying? What can we do when it looks like all the people who don’t know God are having all the fun?
Here’s the third thing we see from Psalm 73:
Enjoy the certainty After exposing sin and entering the sanctuary, Asaph can now enjoy the certainty of trusting God his refuge and strength. “My flesh and my heart may fail but God is the strength of my heart and More >
Do you feel like God is not enough? (2)
Dec 6th
What can we do when we feel like God is not enough? When we feel like God is somehow ripping us off or cheating us out of some good things that other people are enjoying? What can we do when it looks like all the people who don’t know God are having all the fun?
Here’s the second thing we see from Psalm 73:
Enter the sanctuary After seeing sin in himself and in the people around him, Asaph then laments his position. It just doesn’t make sense. People who don’t know God seem to be having all the fun and people who More >
Do you feel like God is not enough? (1)
Dec 6th
What can we do when we feel like God is not enough? When we feel like God is somehow ripping us off or cheating us out of some good things that other people are enjoying? What can we do when it looks like all the people who don’t know God are having all the fun?
God gives us three things in Psalm 73 that we must do, if we’re going to see that He is good and gives us life to the full. Here’s the first:
Expose the sin Asaph, the writer of Psalm 73, begins by seeing sin in himself, “I was More >
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