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The Crowd Welcomed Him

This is it. Holy Week is the most important week in the church and one of the greatest opportunities for Christ’s church to impact the world every year. In the West, people are usually more open to spiritual conversations during this time of year and many people who do not regularly attend church will attend …

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You Preached a Bad Sermon. Now What?

I preached a bad sermon. I don’t really know what went wrong. I put in the work, the prayer, the preparation. I had the notes. I was eager to preach. Everything seemed fine until the moment the words started falling out of my mouth. And, almost immediately, I knew it was not good. If you …

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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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Keep Doing The Small Things

What if your greatest spiritual growth does not come through some cataclysmic event. What if the most important spiritual breakthroughs in your life are slow and methodical? Are you going to be OK with that? Recently I had a conversation with a young man about spiritual gifts. He had a wrong understanding of the gifts …

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Joy for the Holidays

The third week of the Home for the Holidays advent devotional focuses on the the joy of Christ. At Christmas, you can be reminded of the joy God has for you in salvation in Christ. Join in as we consider God’s word in Isaiah 9:2-7.

You Become What You Watch

We have a tendency to focus on all the things in life that happen or exist outside of our control. You can’t control the weather, you can’t control other people, you can’t even control when your hair turns gray or turns loose. You did not choose where you would be born or to whom. You …

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Episode 63: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Impact with Bethany Melton

Bethany melton is a young writer with a desire to bring attention to stories of ordinary people living faithfully and making large impacts in small places. In this episode of the podcast. Bethany shares a few stories of ordinary impact, offers some advice to young writers, and reveals some of the beauty and contentment that …

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Christmas Hopes

As a part of Home For The Holidays advent devotional, I have included weekly games and activities for families to direct their attention toward Christ this Christmas season. If you have your copy of Home for the Holidays, you may have already read about the Christmas Hopes activity. If not, keep reading to see how …

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Don’t Allow Obstacles to Become Excuses

Eight days after Jesus’s resurrection, John 20 tells us the disciples were hiding out in a locked room. It is in this passage of Scripture that Thomas gets his unfortunate nickname. In John 20:25, Thomas announces, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of …

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