Do you struggle to have regular and meaningful devotions. Are you ever tempted to believe that everyone else seems to have this figured out except you? Today on Episode 2 of the Ordinary Christian Podcast, I hope to help you improve your devotional life and take steps to grow in your Christian faith over the next several year.
Godly Men are Busy, Dirty, and Tired
What is a godly man? How much time should a dad spend with his kids? How do you balance work, family time, and church involvement? These are regular questions asked by good men seeking to love their families and honor God in local churches, and being everything to everyone can seem like a daunting task. …
Book Review: Did America Have a Christian Founding?
Hall, Mark David. Did America Have a Christian Founding?, Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2019. Many of you have been taught that America was founded by deists who desired a strict and strong separation between church and state. Is that true? Mark David Hall gets right to the question in the title of his latest book. Drawing …
This Is The Church
Yesterday was a great day. But, yesterday was not abnormal. Yesterday was an ordinary Sunday, but ordinary Sundays are pretty extraordinary. Where were you, yesterday?
Episode 1: Ministry in The Margins
Have you ever noticed that many of the important or significant events in your life are unplanned or unexpected? Some of those are negative events: a health scare, the death of a family member, or a car accident.Some are positive like a pay raise or a surprise visit from a friend. The same thing is true for our discipleship opportunities as Christians. Many of our most rewarding spiritual experiences come about in unplanned and sometimes even unexpected circumstances.
You Can Be a Missionary in Your Community
What is your plan to reach your neighbors, friends, relatives, classmates, and co-workers? Do you have a plan? You need one, because there is a good chance that no-one is planning a mission trip to reach the people who live around you. When Jesus gave the Great Commission, it was not a command to go …