We are learning some invaluable lessons as we are making our way through Paul’s letter to the church in Corinth. In the opening of Paul’s letter we learned that the 1st church of Corinth was a divided church. Some liked
There are those people who are able to take the twenty-six letters of the alphabet and craft them into words, assemble the words into smooth sounding sentences, add rhythm and rhyme, some emotion and inflection, and take their audience wherever
Connie and I were in Dallas yesterday. I went to speak at the funeral of a friend, a friend who was in my youth group when I was the Youth Pastor at First Christian Church in Plano, Texas. Big George
What is wisdom? What is foolishness? These are important questions that people in every generation have to answer. These two questions are before us today and they were before the people who lived in Corinth in the first century. What
In John 17, Jesus was on His face in prayer within the shadow of the cross. Shortly after He ended His time in prayer, those who would arrest Him appeared in the Garden of Gethsemane. Knowing He was facing the
In the book of Revelation, there are seven churches in Revelation 2-3 that receive a letter written by John, but dictated by Jesus. In each of the letters, Jesus had something important to say to the seven churches. Jesus told
For as long as I have been a follower of Jesus, I have heard about how irrelevant the Bible is for modern-day people. They say, “It was written so long ago by people who knew absolutely nothing about what life
It is Resurrection Sunday. The pivot point of hope for the world. On Friday the hopes of all of those who had listened to Jesus, followed Jesus, and were convinced that He had to be the One–their hopes were crushed
He is risen! “Up from the grave He arose! With a mighty triumph o’er His foes!” This is our hope. This is our assurance that life has meaning, that death has lost its hold, and that our future is secure.
It’s a brand new year. I’m a goal-setting kind of person. In the past I’ve set goals for various areas of my life: family goals, spiritual goals, fitness goals, and work goals just to name a few. I’ve been thinking
