03918 – Life: An Unmissable Show!

You can be flawed, anxious and sometimes irritated, but don't forget that your life is the greatest company in the world. Only you can prevent her from going into decline. There are many who appreciate, admire and love you. And you don't know but there are people for...

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03915 – Love is a Virtue

Love is a virtue and not a feeling. It is fed and fired by God--not by the favorable response of the beloved. Even when it doesn't seem to make a dime's worth of difference to the ones on whom it is lavished, it is still the most prized of all virtues because it is at...

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03905 – The God We Worship

We know that the God we worship is not a shiny-toothed motivational speaker churning out cheerful memes in times of suffering. We know that the God we worship is a crucified and risen God...not unfamiliar with darkness.

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03904 – “Everybody is Welcome” Churches

There are two kinds of "everybody is welcome" churches: Everyone is welcome to conform to the church's image of what a Christian looks like. Everyone is welcome to fully embody the unique image God created them to be. Run away from the first and run toward the...

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03903 – Be Like Jesus Christ

Just because someone plays Beethoven badly doesn't mean Beethoven was a bad composer. Just because someone lives the Christian life poorly doesn't mean that Jesus isn't worth following. God doesn't ask you to be like Christians. He asks you to be like Jesus Christ....

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03899 – Neighbors to be Loved

One of the biggest things that made me doubt the Evangelical Christianity of my past was actually meeting all the people I was told to fear, distrust, and treat as my “enemy,” only to find that they were incredible, kind, thoughtful, complex and beautiful people loved...

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