I remember back in the 1980’s when a lot of discussion was happening in the church about how to attract more young people into the church. Hymns wouldn’t do any longer, because young people considered them “old-people” music. There was no longer an expectation of dressing up for church, because culture overall didn’t demand suit…
I have a reoccurring dream that leaves me so stressed out in my sleep that I wake up exhausted, as if I hadn’t slept at all. In this dream, I get up to lead worship but I have no song list, we have had no rehearsal, no one knows what we’re doing, it is 2…
For the past several weeks we have been talking about the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues. We’ve seen that this is what the world really needs from the church right now, and why failure to recognize our need of the gift of tongues renders the church powerless…
The other day my son wanted to play a video game that I had already told him he couldn’t play because of some bad language in it. He said something that I’ve heard before, many times from mature believers: “But it’s just a little bit of language, overall it’s a good game.” I took that…
Do you have trouble living this Christian life like you think you should? Do you go to bed at night and lay there disappointed in yourself and frustrated because you didn’t live up to all the things a Christian is supposed to? Maybe you’re emotionally and spiritually exhausted from just trying so hard to do…
Our culture has become so saturated with a consumer mindset, that it is hard for us to comprehend giving of ourselves without first calculating what risk it might mean. We want to make sure that whatever the cost may be, it is a worthy investment, and we will get a greater return than we invested…
