Suffering & Struggles
About a year ago at church a story was shared about the persecution of various pastors in Uganda. These pastors were blindfolded and lined in front of a firing squad. The particular pastor this story is about heard the gun fire but was miraculously not shot. I in no way want to over simplify this story but [...]
The Resurrection and Life of Christ made Evident
On the third morning after Jesus death the disciples were terrified. Never has so much been lost at one time. At least I assume thats how it must have felt Jesus is dead. God is a fairytale. Years of their lives wasted and now the future seems pretty dark as well. Nothing could convince them [...]
Darkest before the Dawn
Jesus came to earth in the flesh to change everything. He came to redeem the world, teach his law, and demonstrate his kingdom to all of us. 12 men gave up everything to follow him. What they experienced during that time could never truly be captured. It’s the type of experience that changes ones life forever. You [...]
Home is where you unpack your baggage
It really doesn’t matter how long you have been living in exile or even the reason you exiled yourself in the first place. One day sometime ago you left but you didn’t leave empty handed. You packed your bags with whatever made you leave and you started walking. You may have wandered from church to church or [...]
Living in Exhile
Are you currently in exile? In 597 BCE the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem and the Jews were kicked out of there homeland. It wasn’t until 538 BCE, after the Persians had conquered the Babylonians, that the Jews were released to return home. I see a lot of similarities with many Christians and the exiled Jews. Thus [...]
Christianity’s Biggest Spokesperson
It looks like Pat Robertson is at it again. He recently made some remarks about the Broncos picking up Peyton Manning and how he felt they treated Tebow poorly. In his remarks he said that if Manning were to aggravate his injury it would serve them right. In his mind, if this would occur, it [...]
In Case of Fire
Everyday as I wait for the elevator at work I’m greeting by the sign above. It’s there to offer people a safer alternative “if” there should be a fire. The sad thing is I know far to many people who view their relationship with God as if it serves the same purpose. In case of [...]
We know to much about God
I wonder if we sometimes approach God with far to many ideas set in stone. I’m not just talking about Christians either. I mean everyone, everywhere. Whether you believe in God or don’t. We know he always does this and never does that. We know he expects us to always do somethings and never do [...]
A new attempt at an old idea
This is hard to admit. Yes, I’m the pastor of the church but I’m also a web designer / developer. You would think I would do all these amazing things for our church website to wow visitors. I mean, I have the ability to do that. In fact, I’ve done that in the past. I [...]
Rescued
The issue of human sex trafficking and child exploitation is very hidden because of the severity of emotional discomfort associated with it. There are, around the world, 27 million people caught in human slavery; 2 million of which are exploited sexually. Atlanta GA is #1 in the nation for human sex trafficking. When I discovered this [...]