Resources to help you understand Scripture, grow in faithful habits, and discover more favorite passages.
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Spiritual Sabotage: When Your Friends Hold You Back
Think your friends aren’t affecting your faith? The people closest to you may be the biggest reason you’re stuck spiritually—and here’s how to fix it.
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Those People
Esther 3:7-15 – Haman’s hatred of the Jews incited him to seek their destruction. Any type of perceived superiority based on nationality or ethnicity is unfounded and ungodly.
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Evangelism & Discipleship: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Evangelism and discipleship aren’t two separate missions but one seamless calling. Evangelism introduces people to Jesus, and discipleship teaches them to walk with Him—together fulfilling the Great Commission to make disciples of all nations.
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How to Plan a Year of Sermons
Preaching is sacred, but the weekly grind can drain joy and focus. Planning ahead creates space for deeper study, greater creativity, and better shepherding.
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Let No Misalignment Separate
Is your marriage drifting and you don’t even realize it? Discover the one shift that could realign your relationship and save your future.
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Image & Identity
Being made in God’s image defines our true identity, not as something we invent but as a gift we receive from Him. Scripture grounds identity in God’s design, offering stability in a culture of confusion and false gospels.
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Right Regardless
Esther 2:19-3:6 – Mordecai wasn’t afraid to do what was right or refuse to do what was wrong. Regardless of the consequences, we must resolve to do the right thing.
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When Kids Know the Bible Better Than Adults
Sometimes it takes the simple faith of a child to wake us up to the treasure we’ve been ignoring. One man’s regret over neglecting the Bible turned into daily devotion—all because kids knew the Word better than he did.
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Displaying Self-Control
Self-control isn’t about sheer willpower—it’s about Spirit-empowered restraint. It’s the ability to say “no” to temptation and “yes” to what honors God, even when no one’s watching. In a world that chases every impulse, self-control helps us follow Christ instead.
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Transcendent Yet Present: The Mystery of God’s Nearness
You’ve underestimated God—and it’s affecting everything. Discover why the God who is infinitely beyond you is also the One who came closest of all.
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Missionary On-Ramps
We cannot stop taking the gospel until all have heard it. Any church strategy that does not have the nations as our goal is not a biblical one.
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Don’t Stay Spiritually Immature
All of us are not as spiritually mature as we desire to be, but that doesn’t mean we have to stay that way. You must decide if you will stay stuck or get intentional about the next ways you need to grow.
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Fuge 2024 Recap (Ridgecrest Week 9)
The theme for Fuge 2024 was “Revival Generation.” I hope and pray that this generation of students will experience a great spiritual awakening.
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Considerations Before Dating in College
Dating in college is nothing to joke around about; it may define the rest of your life. If you are considering dating someone, you must consider this important issue.
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Kid’s Ministry Considerations
Churches must consider how to best structure environments so kids can learn to follow Jesus better. Consider how you structure your content and context as you minister to them.
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Don’t Twist Theology Like the Devil
When God doesn’t behave how we expect or allow what we hope, we desire to make Him more like us. We do not want a God that always agrees with us.
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Next Steps with a Church
Since discipleship is a journey, we all have the next steps to take, but they are all different from one another. We want to provide a simple way to help others navigate their movement forward.
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Why Righteousness Seems So Elusive
No matter how hard we try, we always seem to come up short in our attempts to live rightly before God. Maybe it is because the righteousness we seek cannot be earned.
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The Bible’s Heroes Aren’t Role Models
The Bible tells amazing accounts of how ordinary people did extraordinary things, but it also informs us of their struggles. While these men and women weren’t perfect, they looked to another who provided the strength we all needed.
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Fuge 2024 Recap (Ridgecrest Week 5)
The theme for Fuge 2024 was “Revival Generation.” My hope and prayer is that this generation of students will experience a great spiritual awakening in these days.
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The Goal of Discipline
The goal of parental discipline is to make disciples within your home. Weeks ago, I got to partner with area churches and put on a parenting workshop. We got many requests to make the content available. Here is the first session, The Goal of Discipline. Use it however it helps you or your church! Key Points…
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The Lord’s Prayer
“Lord, teach us to pray…” -Luke 11:1 Out of all the things the disciples saw Jesus do, they asked him to teach them how to pray. He gave what we know as the Lord’s Prayer. Oftentimes, it is repeated verbatim, but ultimately, it was given as a template for our prayers. Below are some notes…
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Scheduled and Spontaneous Prayer
Here are some notes and audio recording of the 2nd week of our prayer course. Praying this helps you put together your battle plan! Key Points: For what would you like to be known to be devoted? For what would God say you are devoted? The more we prioritize scheduled times of prayer, the more…
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Devoted to Prayer
You have to be devoted to something before you can become proficient in something. Below is a recording of this week’s prayer course. Here are a few key notes from the session entitled, “Devoted to Prayer.” We all have stories of answered prayers. Prayer doesn’t need more proof, it needs more practice. You have to…
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Why Small Groups Need the Bible
We live in a time when the world is biblically illiterate. Why has this happened? It might be because the church has diminished its confidence in the knowledge and application of God’s Word. We need more than spiritual intentions, we need biblical truth. It’s time to go the second mile with your small group.
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Succumbing to Subjective Truth
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…
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Surrendering to Spiritual Studies
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.
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Addressing Your Loneliness
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.
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Enduring Persecution
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.
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Pursuing Peace
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?
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Prioritizing Purity
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.
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Offering Mercy
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…
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Helpful Hungers
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?
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Strong Meekness
I grew up in a culture that teaches young men that nice guys finish last. If you want to find your way in this world, you have to trail blaze yourself to that reality. What we now see is a society plagued by millions of people trying to get ahead of each other. It’s time…
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Your Child’s Not Going Through a Phase
Every child is prone to push the boundaries, but God expects parents to enforce them for their own good. Loving your child isn’t allowing them to get away with anything, but it is committing to discipline them through everything.
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Don’t Drop Your Kids off at Church
God expects parents to be the primary disciple-makers of their children. Your home will never produce growing disciples without the intentional investment of one generation into another.
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The Progression of Pornography
Solomon warned his son about the allurement of any forbidden woman, but she is more easily accessible in our days. Beware the trappings of lust and the consequences it is destined to bring, no matter what format the connection takes.
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The Destruction of Adultery
The temptation of adultery does a masterful job of highlighting the momentary pleasure while disguising the long-term pain. You must be careful to avoid a trap of falling for anyone who does not belong to you.
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Restoring the Dignity of Work
God has designed us to use our gifts to accomplish good things for the benefit of our families and others around us. To see all people succeed, we need to restore the dignity of work in our lives and the lives of others.
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Enjoying Your Marriage Again
Couples often lose satisfaction in their marriage because they seek happiness in other pursuits. To restore the joy in your marriage, you must intentionally celebrate the gift God has given you in your spouse.
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When God Calls the Family Meeting
Our Heavenly Father loves us enough to correct us when we are in the wrong. In His discipline, He is more concerned with teaching us what we should do rather than shaming us for what we have done.
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Faithful Finances
God should never be an afterthought regarding our finances and possessions. Learn from God’s Word what it means to honor Him with all that He has given to you.
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Avoiding Half-Hearted Christianity
God didn’t call us to trust Him with some of our hearts because He knows we need total commitment. Discover God’s design for a life entirely entrusted to Him.
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The Importance of Influencers
We can often carry deep regret simply because we listened to ungodly counsel. Our homes should lay a foundation of biblical wisdom equipping us to avoid the dangerous paths of this world.