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Finding Humility

There is no true humility before one is presented with the Gospel. Prior to that our best humility is still based in our own opinion or effort. So even the best humility apart from a full acknowledgement of sin and impending death (separation from God), there is...

Thoughts on Economy and Church

Thoughts on Economy and Church

At around midnight last night, the House of Representatives passed a bill that keeps the "Bush Tax Cuts" for two years and then extends unemployment benefits for those who have already had 99 weeks of benefits.  The extension will allow for another 13 months of...

Holidays Matter

I've been fortunate enough to serve as a pastor in Texas, Virginia and now Maryland.  There is something vastly different about being here in Maryland the last few years with regard to the Christian faith and the culture in which we live. In Texas and Virginia there...

The Christian Lie

Over the course of the last few months I've been thinking about a Christian myth that most of us don't really 'say' out loud but we share by our silence.  To me it has become the greatest Christian lie. In the last 24 hours I've talked with 7 different people about...

Self Preservation or Gospel Advancement?

Recently my heart has been burdened by an observation I've made that exists with the individual Christian who seems to lack vibrancy in their faith.  The same observation can be made about stagnent or dying churches and ineffective denominational entities. Many people...

Crossover Hit?

"You work so hard for a crossover hit but a song without the cross is all that you get."  - Curtis Zackery I've noticed a trend recently with Christian artists who downplay their faith in order to try to appeal to a broader audience.  Actually, it's not much of a...

How To Host A Mission Team

I've learned something.  We can be greatly encouraged and charged up by hosting  a great mission team and conversely we can be distracted and discouraged by hosting a bad mission team.  I've also learned that much of what can make a week feel good or bad stems from...

Look Past The Obstacles

In the Spring of 2012 I had a moment of mid-life crisis and decided that I would buy a motorcycle.  I only had one problem.  I had NEVER ridden a motorcycle.  Well, not unless you count a few times when, as a child, my uncle rode me to Baltimore Orioles games at the...