< 1 minuteWith the turn of every New Year, I feel a slight uptick in pressure to make my life count. It’s not a troubling burden, but …
5 Way Prayer Plan
4 min to readI need to grow in some key areas in 2025. Prayer holds the top spot, as it does for me most years. I just always …
Getting Through the Holiday Season
4 min to read* This article was first published at the New Growth Press blog here. “I’m just trying to get through the holidays.” Sound familiar? If you …
THE HOUND OF HEAVEN
4 min to readA poem titled “The Hound of Heaven” influenced G.K. Chesterton and J.R.R. Tolkien, and lots of other people with famous dotted initials. The poem pictures …
WHY DOES THIS STUFF KEEP HAPPENING?
2 min to readWe find ourselves asking this question more and more. Sometimes, the losses and crosses of a hard life seem to mount and grow. Unrelenting troubles …
LEARNING TO MINISTER AND NOT PEDDLE GOD’S WORD
3 min to readI don’t know many people who “peddle” the Word of God. Paul gave a clear exhortation to his crowd, reminding that they do not peddle …
A BETTER WAY
< 1 minuteThere’s a better way. I’m concerned a lazy form of Christian activism is surging among some circles of Christ’s Church. A desire for the ease …
HOW WILL YOU DIE ON THAT HILL?
5 min to readWhat you do on a hill says a lot about how you view Jesus, yourself, and the world. We use this cliché all the time to explain ourselves. This is a hill to die on. That’s not a hill to die on. And so forth. The cliché assumes a hill has only one purpose: death. But there’s a deeper issue to consider. How will you die on that hill?
#humility #suffering #love #worship
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HOW TO HAVE ASSURANCE WHEN LIFE IS UNCERTAIN
2 min to readWe want some stability and hope in this life. But where do we find it?
#hope #expectations #promisesofGod
GRACE-FILLED CHURCH MEMBERS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
2 min to readTomorrow we begin our slow return to regular corporate worship at Paramount Church! I’m thankful for church members who have expressed in text, and email, …