Everybody fails in life from time to time. How can you bounce back from failure without it destroying your life? To answer that question, we need to look at what failure is all about. True failure is always caused by sin. The Greek word for sin is hamartia which means to miss the mark. The [...]
Summer, especially July, is a time of family vacations. Ever wondered what God thinks about vacations? I’ve been thinking about it, as our family just returned from a vacation to Kentucky. We explored an 1850′s farm, got our van licked by a herd of buffalo and just had a great time together. We didn’t take [...]
What is the biggest idol of all time? Jesus taught that the biggest distraction to serving God was money. Matthew 6:24 (NIV) No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God [...]
Christmas can be a stressful time with all the extra things that get piled into our already busy schedules. Rather than begin a joyful time, Christmas can become a time of discouragement and of tensions between people. It doesn’t have to be that way. If you want to find a little more joy in your [...]
