Contentment

God has really been challenging me to live life contently. This is so tough for me. I am engrossed by the consumerism culture we live in. I constantly find myself thinking about cars I’d like to have, homes I’d like to live in, new gadgets I want, prestigious and high paying jobs I’d love to […]

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Brothers, What Then Shall We do?

I recently have been dealing with a difficult truth.  I easily get so entangled in my own theological world that I completely lose my heart for God.  There it is.  I often love knowledge more than my Lord and Savior. I’m not the only one who makes this mistake or has done so in the […]

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All For Ourselves and One For All

I’ve been reading a book on a missionary movement that has developed within the Chinese Church called the Back To Jerusalem Movement. This movement is a vision to evangelize to the countries between China and Jerusalem that are inundated with Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. This vision is worth talking about in itself, but one thing […]

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Duty or Desire

Lately I have been challenged to look at the conflict between duty and desire in my life. What is Christianity really all about? Is it simply a set of rules to live life by? Is the good Christian the one who lives life dutifully never saying no to ministry related activities and always being there […]

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And the Grief Goes On

Originally written March 18, 2106 A week ago (literally while I write this) my Esposa miscarried our daughter. No one told me it hurts dads to lose a child by miscarriage. I always assumed the pain from this type of event was felt by the woman, not the man. It turns out that’s a lie. It […]

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