Keyboard warriors of today are the modern-day Pharisees throwing rocks. I had an image in my mind of someone sitting at a computer, preparing to write yet another viral story about the failure of a pastor or ministry leader. What happened is real.It may be horrific.It may need to be confronted.There may be victims who…
“His mother said to the servants, ‘Whatever He tells you to do, do it.’” — John 2:5 There is something beautiful about the people we never learn the names of. Throughout Scripture, some individuals step onto the pages of history for only a moment. They aren’t kings. They aren’t prophets. They don’t write books of…
“Whatever He tells you to do, do it.” — John 2:5 The servants at Cana make obedience look almost effortless. Jesus tells them to fill six stone jars with water. They fill them. He tells them to draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet. They do. It’s such a simple…
“His mother said to the servants, ‘Whatever He tells you to do, do it.’” — John 2:5 There are moments in Scripture that seem almost too ordinary to hold the weight they carry. The wedding at Cana is one of them. If you’ve been around church for very long, you’ve probably heard this story many…
“His mother said to the servants, ‘Whatever He tells you to do, do it.’” — John 2:5 Have you ever looked at someone else’s life and thought, How did they end up there? Maybe you’ve watched someone start a thriving business, write a book, launch a ministry, restore an old home, or step into a…
Crushing. Life has many crushing moments.Crushed feelings. Crushed dreams. Crushed plans. The kind of crushing that happens when life presses in… when things fall apart… when God doesn’t explain Himself, and you’re left standing in the tension wondering what exactly is being produced here. Many years ago, I visited Napa Valley.Napa Valley is often referred…
The Gift Isn’t The Point – Blog Series Part 5 Throughout this series, we’ve talked a lot about gifts. The ones God gives.The ones we open.The ones we set down.The ones we rediscover. And if there’s one truth that threads through all of it, it’s this… The gift was never the point.The Giver is. God…
The Gift Isn’t The Point – Blog Series Part 4 There’s something I’ve learned about God over the years… He often reveals gifts in unexpected places. Not on our strongest days.Not when we feel the most confident.Not when everything finally feels “put together.” Very often…He reveals them in the dark. Just one week before I…
The Gift Isn’t The Point – Blog Series Part 3 If salvation isn’t a shelf decoration… and if there is more inside what God has already given us… then why do we stop opening it? Most of us didn’t stop out of rebellion.We stopped out of weariness. Life got heavy.And when life gets heavy, we…
The Gift Isn’t The Point – Blog Series Part 2 If the gift isn’t the point…and the Giver is…then we have to ask an honest question: What happens after salvation? For many of us, salvation became a moment…not a lifestyle. We remember the day.The prayer.The altar, the camp, the conference, the conversation. And then life…