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Fresh Bible Engagement Ideas for Every Day of the Week

Fresh Bible Engagement Ideas for Every Day of the Week

Why Bible Engagement Ideas Matter Outside Sunday Service On Sunday mornings, between 8 and 11 a.m., you may have somewhat of a captive audience as you stand at the pulpit, leading your congregation through a worship service. But after the service, once church members...

What Is the Bible?

What Is the Bible?

Why “What Is the Bible” Still Matters Today Did you know the Bible has sold the most copies of any book ever? According to the Guinness World Records, an organization dedicated to recording record-breaking achievements, the Christian Bible has sold more than five...

What Diving the Maze Taught Me About God’s Presence in Darkness

What Diving the Maze Taught Me About God’s Presence in Darkness

Life can feel like diving in the Maze, a site full of shadows. Murky blue​­gray abysses lie beyond the cliff edges, swirling through sheer canyons, darkening the underside of every ledge and crack. The twisting walls and cliffs of the Maze are filled with caves and...

Distracted in the Desert: What the Wilderness Teaches Us

Distracted in the Desert: What the Wilderness Teaches Us

Do you like road trips? The truth of the matter is, I do not. That’s because I would like to get from point A to point B as quickly as possible! We live in South Carolina, but our families are in Miami. Every time we plan a trip to visit our beloved hometown, I beg my...

Embracing the End of Your Rope

Embracing the End of Your Rope

Our family’s favorite dog was named Moose. He was a chocolate labrador weighing in at 115 lbs. and he was everything you’d hope for in a dog. He was a gentle giant who loved our kids and who always greeted me heartily when I came home. On most days, Moose ran freely...

Finding True Joy in Jesus: The Source of Lasting Happiness

Finding True Joy in Jesus: The Source of Lasting Happiness

We were made for joy. We were made for happiness that isn’t tied to our next vacation, glass of wine, or new gadget. It’s not even about God making all our dreams come true. Our joy is connected to one singular source. The kind of joy we’re talking about here isn’t...

Walking With Jesus Through the Wilderness and Into Grace

Walking With Jesus Through the Wilderness and Into Grace

Forty years ago on an early afternoon in October while driving on a North Carolina interstate, I turned to Jesus as my Savior and Lord. This past October, almost to the day 40 years later, I found myself driving that same NC highway. And in a very clear touch from...

Becoming Pillars in the Church Through Suffering and Support

Becoming Pillars in the Church Through Suffering and Support

Will You Be a Pillar? A week after I preached my Platforms to Pillars sermon in London, I was leaving a speaking event, feeling exhausted after a brutal season of conflict, betrayal, and discouragement. On this trip, I had the privilege of catching up with other...

Freedom from the Pressure to Perform in Ministry

Freedom from the Pressure to Perform in Ministry

Have You Felt That Insidious Pressure to Perform? A poor man plodded toward home, bent under a heavy sack of potatoes. A wagon drew up beside him. “Climb aboard,” the driver said. The man climbed into the wagon, dragging his burden with him. He sat but continued to...

Are You Listening?

Are You Listening?

God created humans with one mouth and two ears. You might say it is a visual reminder that listening is more important than talking (although lips are generally easier to notice than ears!). This is an area I need to work on. I have this very annoying habit of...

Fresh Bible Engagement Ideas for Every Day of the Week

Fresh Bible Engagement Ideas for Every Day of the Week

Why Bible Engagement Ideas Matter Outside Sunday Service On Sunday mornings, between 8 and 11 a.m., you may have somewhat of a captive audience as you stand at the pulpit, leading your congregation through a worship service. But after the service, once church members...

What Is the Bible?

What Is the Bible?

Why “What Is the Bible” Still Matters Today Did you know the Bible has sold the most copies of any book ever? According to the Guinness World Records, an organization dedicated to recording record-breaking achievements, the Christian Bible has sold more than five...

What Diving the Maze Taught Me About God’s Presence in Darkness

What Diving the Maze Taught Me About God’s Presence in Darkness

Life can feel like diving in the Maze, a site full of shadows. Murky blue​­gray abysses lie beyond the cliff edges, swirling through sheer canyons, darkening the underside of every ledge and crack. The twisting walls and cliffs of the Maze are filled with caves and...

Distracted in the Desert: What the Wilderness Teaches Us

Distracted in the Desert: What the Wilderness Teaches Us

Do you like road trips? The truth of the matter is, I do not. That’s because I would like to get from point A to point B as quickly as possible! We live in South Carolina, but our families are in Miami. Every time we plan a trip to visit our beloved hometown, I beg my...

Embracing the End of Your Rope

Embracing the End of Your Rope

Our family’s favorite dog was named Moose. He was a chocolate labrador weighing in at 115 lbs. and he was everything you’d hope for in a dog. He was a gentle giant who loved our kids and who always greeted me heartily when I came home. On most days, Moose ran freely...

Finding True Joy in Jesus: The Source of Lasting Happiness

Finding True Joy in Jesus: The Source of Lasting Happiness

We were made for joy. We were made for happiness that isn’t tied to our next vacation, glass of wine, or new gadget. It’s not even about God making all our dreams come true. Our joy is connected to one singular source. The kind of joy we’re talking about here isn’t...

Walking With Jesus Through the Wilderness and Into Grace

Walking With Jesus Through the Wilderness and Into Grace

Forty years ago on an early afternoon in October while driving on a North Carolina interstate, I turned to Jesus as my Savior and Lord. This past October, almost to the day 40 years later, I found myself driving that same NC highway. And in a very clear touch from...

Becoming Pillars in the Church Through Suffering and Support

Becoming Pillars in the Church Through Suffering and Support

Will You Be a Pillar? A week after I preached my Platforms to Pillars sermon in London, I was leaving a speaking event, feeling exhausted after a brutal season of conflict, betrayal, and discouragement. On this trip, I had the privilege of catching up with other...

Freedom from the Pressure to Perform in Ministry

Freedom from the Pressure to Perform in Ministry

Have You Felt That Insidious Pressure to Perform? A poor man plodded toward home, bent under a heavy sack of potatoes. A wagon drew up beside him. “Climb aboard,” the driver said. The man climbed into the wagon, dragging his burden with him. He sat but continued to...

Are You Listening?

Are You Listening?

God created humans with one mouth and two ears. You might say it is a visual reminder that listening is more important than talking (although lips are generally easier to notice than ears!). This is an area I need to work on. I have this very annoying habit of...

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