When I move to Tennessee I plan to rebuild this old ruin into a guest house. My next book will use the process as a metaphor to help people reconstruct their ruined faith. Why tear it down if it has good bones? In the mean time,...
Jody mentioned in his amazing message last Sunday an almost offhanded comment that stuck with me. He said we need to move from having faith IN Jesus to having the faith OF Jesus. It was a perfect setup for what I want to talk about...
All of us have pain, needs or prayers that we want answered. Often our prayers are no more than vague wishes. Sometimes they are specific cries. Too many times, they are not answered. But Jesus said ask and it will be given to you. Seek...
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God...
This has been a year of shaking. A pandemic, protests and a divisive political season have upended our lives this year. The economy is a roller coaster ride. Guidance from experts is contradictory, confusing and constantly changing. It's hard to know what to believe, who to...
Where is your faith? It’s a good question. Why don’t you sit with it a minute? Jesus asked it. How would you answer? Right here, under my seat! Or maybe I left it with my car keys. Obviously, the question is not about where you left...
Did you ever reach out to friends for help only to have them bail on you? Have you ever cried out in faith to God for help and been ignored? Were you ever under so much dread that you teetered on the brink of despair?...
The same Bible that teaches us to pray, "give us this day our daily bread" says "If you don't work, you don't eat." (2 Thes. 3:10) James was getting at that same idea when he said that faith without works is dead. Merely praying for...
Faith isn't fearlessness. You can be fearless, sitting on your couch watching TV. You don't need faith until you are attempting something that scares you. When you feel the fear and leap anyway, you grow your trust and lose your fear. The child trusts her father...
