“Peering Through the Blinds”: A Lesson from the House of Mourning
In 2008 I received one of those phone calls that alters the course of your life, that shapes the fabric of who you are as a person. Tiffany and I were headed to church with the kids for a Saturday night service. Not long after we had pulled out of the neighborhood, my sister called …read more →
Deceived by the American Dream: Finally Hearing the Hard things Jesus said!
As the drugs wore off, I began thinking about the embarrassment of a man I had become and the direction my life seemed to be heading. My life was going in the wrong direction quickly, and I knew something was terribly wrong. There was a life the Scriptures said was available to me, but I wasn’t experiencing it. This is a tale about two different men, one camel, some missing fruit, and one exam with very hard questions.
A War Cry and A Love Story
*** For those who arrived here from Living Magazine, this is the complete article, “Deciphering the Divine”*** His ministry lasted three years – that’s over 1,000 days of life-giving, soul-saving, absolutely perfect divine truths pouring out of His mouth – yet we have only four relatively short gospel accounts of His life. You could read …read more →
A Season of Examination!
**This post was originally published in “Living Magazine” in early 2022 under the title “Whose Kingdom am I Building” and references my 2021 trip to Kenya. It was almost midnight as I lay in my bed that night praying. With tears in my eyes, I finally committed to God and myself to do something I …read more →