Christian Living

Where Your Treasure Is, There Your Children’s Hearts Will Be

Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Those words of Jesus have haunted me for the last week.  Parents, where your treasure is, there your heart will be. But we can also say, “Parents, where your treasure is, there your children’s hearts will be also.” What do you treasure, parents? I remember …

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Posture Matters in Student Ministry

I have the privilege of pastoring a church with a large and vibrant student ministry. In fact, they are an incredible group of kids, and I often get asked why. Not too long ago, Adam Whiteside, our student pastor, and I did a podcast on how to create a healthy student ministry. If you haven’t …

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Reset With Awe

Wonder and awe are regular themes throughout the Bible. A quick search for wonder and awe will reveal more than thirty verses. There are more than one hundred verses related to awe alone. Consider a few below: Exodus 15:11– “Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, …

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Keepers Of The Garden

Do you have a vision for manhood? If you are a woman reading this, do you have a vision for what you hope the men in your life should be or perhaps even what you are raising your son to be? If you are a man reading this, do you have a vision for what …

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Set An Example

When Paul wrote to his protege, Timothy, he encouraged him with these words, Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you …

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Give God Your Unqualified Yes

Do you trust the Lord? Do you really trust him completely? If so, what keeps you from giving him an unqualified yes? You can be useable in God’s kingdom. God uses ordinary believers to do his work. He doesn’t need to look for specially equipped people for his service. Instead, God calls his people to …

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Be Evangelical, Not Merely Religious

John 3 tells the story of a man named Nicodemus. John tells us that this man, Nicodemus, was a ruler of the Jews and was a Pharisee. The Pharisees were famously religious, but not always godly. They liked to show off their religiosity in public, but often “neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, …

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Don’t Call It A Comeback

the 1972 Summer Olympics, Lasse Artturi Viren competed as a long distance runner for Finland. He was a standout runner in the United States for Brigham Young University and competed in 1972 in the 5,000 meters and the 10,000 meters. On September 3 of 1972, Viren broke the world record in the 10,000 meters. Breaking …

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A Healthy Lifestyle is a Spiritual Discipline

As Believers we should be maturing in wisdom through daily reading of God’s Word and prayer; maturing in favor with God and with people through sharing the Good News, intentional hospitality and service; and we should be maturing in stature by living a life that is worthy of the respect of others and by adopting …

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We Are Failing Our Boys

We are failing our boys, and the consequences are deadly. There was another mass shooting at a school this week. These have become all too familiar. We know what to expect. A young man found or bought a gun and used it to commit a terrible atrocity. The rush to politicize these events is always …

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