What Christmas makes possible is a life better than you can imagine and more certain than any other thing in this life. And that is definitely something a pair of new socks can’t do!

To find the answer to the question “Why Christmas?” you cannot begin to look where you might think; the New Testament. We need to remember that the Bible is one book and beginning to end it points to Jesus.

Jesus continually extended grace. He made conscious choices not to cling to His rights and privileges for the sake of others. Time and again He kept the bigger picture of redemption in mind.

If you want to promote unity at home, at work or at church then two things to guard against are inconsistent standards and a loss of perspective. Not everything should rise to a level worth contention. In fact…

Imagine this picture: You wake up tomorrow morning and have breakfast with, drive in traffic with, work with, and do marriage and family with people who are all living in submission to Christ and in turn to others?  People who out of reverence for God, look first to the interests of others.

Just how much does it take to get you upset? How little does it take to disrupt the unity in your relationships?  The next time you find yourself at odds with someone, think of the nail. Ask yourself if something far too small is creating a rift far too big.

Perhaps like me, these verses challenge you to consider living for something more transcendent. Something that benefits others and at the same time keeps you growing and engaged.  Here is another picture

But here is the deal. You cannot learn to trust by studying about trust. The only way to fully grasp the fact that God can be trusted in every situation is to step into those places of trust via action.

Yet when God is on the throne, the prayer, “on earth as it is in heaven” takes on profound implications.  Humility fueled by our identity in Christ shows up in us. We shift from a me first to others first focus. We live, love…

While we are certainly called to make disciples that is not the fruit this passage is talking about. The fruit we are to bear is fruit that reflects the outflow of the vine.  The fruit we are to bear is to become a representation of Chris

Abiding is a way of life, not just an activity we do. It touches every moment and every breath.

Our abiding in Him is a continual, never-ending lifeline to fruit bearing. The fruit we bear comes not from our skill and ability, but from our connection to Him. Fruit production is a natural outgrowth of abiding. Without that connection we can work, but what comes from it is only as good as us.

Demystifying Jesus’ teaching on abiding.

We can be dupped into thinking that the ultimate goal is to push and stretch ourselves so that someday we can sit back, relax and stop learning and growing. That friends, is not healthy. At a time when so many have more margin in terms of

There is a very high cost to not counting the costs. There is good news, however.  Even if you have not done so to this point, there is still time to start. The past is what it is, but the future is what could be.

Work is something we are made for and called to do. Genesis 2:15 says, “The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.” Work is part of God’s design for life here on earth.

My purpose here is not to convince you what should be in your box; that is ultimately up to you. My purpose, as it is with each of the four questions, is for you to wrestle with them and answer them courageously and honestly. Because each of them will set your life on a course…

4 Questions that demand an answer.

The waiting room is a divine place to connect with the Creator and Sustainer of all things. To get up close to the One who walks with you in the waiting and knows precisely how long you need to be in that space.

To be sure waiting is often not easy. But God never has us waiting without good reason. When we rationalize short circuiting the waiting, we forfeit the refinement that takes place in us while we wait.