Workplace Evangelism

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If you are around co-workers for a considerable amount of your day, they should know you belong to Jesus. Don’t neglect to tell them the most important thing about you.

Succumbing to Subjective Truth

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If you grow up going to church, you know that the most typical Bible study scenario is one where the teacher reads a verse and then asks the group, “What does that mean to you?” More than what it means to you, we need to know what it means to God. It’s time to go the second mile in discerning subjective truth.

Prioritizing Prayer

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You will never intensify your prayer life on accident. In order to pray continually, you must first pray intentionally.

Learning How to Talk to God

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Jesus taught us how to pray but not what to pray. In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus gave a template by which we can learn how to talk with God.

Surrendering to Spiritual Studies

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Christians need to ground themselves in relationships that foster consistent community. When it comes to the content guiding small groups, the possibilities are endless. What if the numerous options for curriculum are actually stifling us? It’s time to go the second mile in discerning spiritual studies.

The Strategy of Generosity

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To be generous entails more than giving an amount; it requires possessing an attitude. Learn how to be wise with what you give and how you give it.

For Such a Time as This

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While God invites us into what He is doing in this world, He is not dependent upon us to make it happen. If we want to be a part of what He is working in His kingdom, we must maintain the proper perspective.

Selling Sermons & Neglecting Nearness

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When a pastor asks to buy sermon outlines from another, what does it reveal? Is it because he has nothing to say for God because he has heard nothing from God? Don’t be busy for God without actually knowing God.

Addressing Your Loneliness

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As the state of the world lengthens the timing of social distancing and normalizes our acceptance of it, we are in danger of becoming used to isolation. Loneliness is a standard emotion for many people and the consequences are devastating.

How to Handle Your Anger

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Living in this world guarantees that anger will be a common emotion. God’s Word provides helpful wisdom regarding how to handle our anger.

Don’t Give Them What They Deserve

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Our tendency is to repay people for any negative words or harmful actions, but Jesus taught quite the opposite. The way of the kingdom is counter-cultural and yet life-giving.

The Reason for Lingering Spiritual Immaturity

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Are you exasperated by the lack of growth in your life? In the lives of others? Maybe it’s not a content issue. Maybe it’s that they need a shepherd. We all need someone watching out for our soul conditions.

Enduring Persecution

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For most of my life, I have resisted using the term persecution to describe what any Christian had to endure in the United States of America. Compared to what brothers and sisters experience around the world, we have it easy, but it is changing. It will get worse.

When Trust Is Broken

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Since our words are consistently unreliable, it causes distrust to grow as we relate to one another. When trust is broken, we must find biblical ways to find forgiveness and healing.

The New Offices Are Open

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We renovated a hallway of classrooms to accommodate our growing staff into a new office complex that allows accessibility and flexibility.

Pursuing Peace

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Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God. These words of Jesus still ring like counter-cultural absurdities in chaotic times just as they did when he first said them. But in a time of unrest, where else will this peace come from?

Divorce-Proofing Your Marriage

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No matter how challenging your marriage is, you can find help. Discover potential marriage separators, and do what you can to avoid them in your relationship.

Avoiding Divorce

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While divorce is permitted in the Bible, it is never promoted in the Bible. Learn what Jesus had to say about those considering dissolving a marriage union.

Prioritizing Purity

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We live in a culture that has forgotten how to blush. The prophet Jeremiah said that about his people during his time, but I am pretty confident we can say the same thing now. As our standards slip, we find ourselves in a world cherishing sin like a virtue.

Protecting from Pornography

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To fight against lust, we must have a plan to protect ourselves from pornography. Using scriptural insight and practical wisdom, you can find hope with this struggle.

Lured by Lust

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Adultery always begins far before the act. We must be careful what we look at and what we think about if we are to remain faithful to our commitments.

Offering Mercy

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We have almost arrived at a new year. It’s a chance for new beginnings, but if we aren’t careful, we will carry 2020’s issues into 2021’s days. It’s been quite the year for us all. In the midst of all the stress, you’ve probably been hurt as well. How can you find relational peace? It’s time to go the 2nd mile in offering mercy.

5 Years Later

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In completing a 5-year term on the Board of Trustees at North Greenville University, I am incredibly grateful to have witnessed what God has done during this time. I can’t wait to see what is next for the university where Christ makes the difference.

If Thoughts Could Kill

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Jesus taught that just because your anger may not lead to murder does not mean that your thoughts are unclassified as sin. Unaddressed anger must be confronted in our lives.

Christmas Eve at Home

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When Jesus was born, Joseph and Mary desired to perform what was required of them, but they didn’t have enough resources. Even though they couldn’t do what they should, they committed to do what they could.

Helpful Hungers

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Our cravings often direct our lives. Whatever we want most of all, whatever we think about most often, and whatever creates in us the deepest hunger will be the central directive in our lives. Have you ever considered how deep your hunger is for spiritual matters?

The Birth of Jesus

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Prepare your heart for Christmas. Check out this helpful video by the Bible Project that will help you and your family visualize the Christmas story from the Gospel of Luke.

The Fulfillment We Need

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The coming of Christ was the fulfillment of the Old Testament expectations and the requirement for our own righteousness. Jesus came from heaven so we could go to heaven.

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