This past weekend I was helped by Bob Kauflin's talk at the Desiring God's Fall Conference. He made an important distinction between emotions and emotionalism. He also made the point that the gospel is what unites us in corporate worship, not musi ...[Read More]

Sometimes in reading the word there is a “holy convergence” when scriptures from different parts of the Bible point us to a common theme.  That happened to me this morning. I started in Isaiah 64 where Isaiah is passionately pleading for the Lord t ...[Read More]

You might think it is a crazy idea, you might think it is a bad idea. There have been times when I have thought both along the journey. But for better or for worse we bought a house as a ministry project of sorts. You see, our motiva ...[Read More]

The Second Lie – Jesus Christ is Less Than… Every false religion and system would have you believe Jesus Christ is less than what you might think. Consider them one by one and you will see that part of their teaching diminishes Christ. True ...[Read More]

I have been doing a bit of reading on Freemasonry as of late. You probably have seen Masonic Temples (or Shriners or Scottish Rite temples) near you. They are all are branches of Freemasonry which promotes itself as a fraternal organization to help ...[Read More]

All the convention speeches the last to weeks exalting candidates made me think back to a great 6 minute clip from a classic sermon from SM Lockridge that describes with great creativity our King. I hope you enjoy it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= ...[Read More]

Thank you to Phil Wicklund and Pastor Wally for recommending Arturo Azurdia. He is a very good preacher and his messages are at http://www.spiritempoweredpreaching.com/ I have been feeding on his message on Psalm 1. He speaks of what it means to ...[Read More]