Renew Your Mind

Most people understand that when one enters into a relationship with Jesus, there are some behaviors and actions that need to change. But that may be putting the cart before the horse a little bit. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal...

A Beautiful Interruption

When my wife and I got married, we had a plan to wait five years before trying to have kids. About three years into our marriage, I came home one night to my wife handing me a gift bag. She was acting funny as I pulled the gift out of the bag. It was a baby’s...

From Blind To Believer

And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus,...

Struggling To Hear

Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” — Isaiah 30:21 This verse communicates the awesome truth that God speaks to his people. Isn’t that what we all want? We...

Our Mission

By now, if you have been reading this week’s devotionals, you have hopefully arrived at the conclusion that the Church is not a building. The Church is a people. Peter describes this group of people: But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,...

Love Letters

My wife and I just completed a move to a new house. During the packing-up phase, my wife ran across a box containing a bunch of our first emails that we sent back and forth to one another in the first months of our relationship that she had printed out, and boy are...