The Tithing Principle
Five Reasons You Should be Tithing to Your Local Church If you have had much exposure to Church culture you have probably heard a pastor give a negative sermon about tithing. By negative I mean
The Contentment Principle
The Contentment Principle "Rich” is an American ideal, is it not? Americans read about the lifestyles of the rich, watch TV shows about the rich, and obsess over what it would be like to be
The Stewardship Principle
Genesis 1:26-28, "Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock
Navigating Life When Things Get Hard
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Here’s to a Great 2015
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Is God’s Will A Pre-Determined Path For Your Life? The Answer Might Surprise You
Should I take that job? Is he the one? What should I study in school? Should we sell the house? These are big questions related to discovering God's will for your life. Behind all of
Is Discipleship More Like Being a Guru or a Sherpa?
The call of Jesus to Christians is clear, "Go and make disciples" (Matthew 28:19), but do we really know how to make disciples? Or are we just really good and describing a disciple? When asked
Imitation or Incarnation?
Growing up in Christian sub-culture of the 90's there was one question everyone was asking - WWJD? What would Jesus do? We loved this question. We put it on our bracelets (and then wore them
Ships
Many churches in the US are organized around two ships; the leadership and the fellowship. Let's think about these terms for a second.....the leadership.....the fellowship......the leader ship.......the fellow ship. When the community in a local
We Need Followers, Not Leaders
I want to be the best pastor I can be. Since the position of pastor is a position of leadership, the truth is I want to be the best leader I can be. Which is