Behold, the Lamb

We want people to be vulnerable with us. Vulnerability brings intimacy and safety. Though we long for this vulnerability, sometimes we acti...

It is in our nature to hold on to our world view or to be conformed to the worlds view point. “Worldly wisdom” becomes our refuge for it do...

"If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame."  – Proverbs 18:13 We are often so quick to speak into anot...

"Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness; let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it." Psalm 141:5 ...

Good conflicts pursue truth and honesty, bad conflicts argue for victory and defend self worth. Good conflicts pursues understanding and ...

When we are protecting our worth, we are protecting our idols.

A part of believing the Gospel is being willing to be honest about your sin and allowing your sins to be exposed. The love of God through Ch...

Sin crouches and stalks, seeking to devour us, leaving us a shell, destroying who we are. God lovingly pursues us and calls us to himself, l...

God has not called us to attain some super ethereal spiritual enlightenment. No new age mystical, science fiction, or gnostic experience wil...

Stubbornness is blinding and unwilling to be corrected or to listen, restrictive, in-compassionate, and destructive, it does not understand ...

Legalism demands perfection from others. The Gospel enjoys calling others to delight with them in the journey toward God.

The Gospel pursues beauty, wisdom, growth, and the best in life knowing that it is accepted. Legalism pursues only those measures seen as ob...

God has called us to perfection and to be holy (beauty and joy). Fortunately, perfection and holiness has been fully accomplished in Jesus a...

Many today have been taught an indifference to freedom or that they should fight the tyranny of freedom. Freedom is forgotten and is repl...

I cannot live a life of "Christ died for me, so what will I do for God". We don't owe God anything, Christ paid it all.

It is better to assume the best in people and later find out that you were wrong, then it is to assume the worst in people and later find...

A big step in becoming wise is to realize that the world view that we have held on to far so long is messed up. We must come to realize tha...

God’s vision for the family is part of the story of mankind. It began at creation and was set out to as a reflection of the image of Go...

Sometimes we call wisdom "legalism" simply because we don't feel good at it and have issues with our identity and don't un...

The original sin was reinterpreting God’s word, rebelling against God’s word, and putting our interpretation of the world, wisdom, good a...

In battles within the church on what it means to be a godly family, husband, wife, father, and wife, etc., more often than not you have diff...

We lose a lot of joy because we are unwilling to die to our own ways. The wisdom and desires we so desperately and foolishly hold on to and ...

If we fail to make sin devastating in order to sooth someones ego, we fail to comfort the soul. For when we flatter and pamper, we give a se...

Have you ever wanted to be punished when you’ve done something wrong? Let’s say you’ve sinned against God, and then go to prayer and confess...

In leadership, we lose are rights to ourselves and have a responsibility to become servants. Our duty is to pursue what is best for those we...

Not pursuing goodness with all our might do to fear of legalism keeps us from God’s riches just as does finding our worth in pursuing law an...

If we avoid speaking the truth in love . . . and with wisdom, we are saying the Gospel is not big enough for that situation.

" Because of your hardness of heart " The root of divorce, the tensions, and our struggles in marriage are our hard hearts. We...

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. When Adam fell, he chose to find his wisdom in something other than God, discerning good ...

"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle an...