Category: Christian Life

  • Pre-Deployment Planning Guide

    “The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight. Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.” (Proverbs 4:7-8 [ESV]) It’s time to get to work. Prepare well for this deployment working hard to get wisdom and insight, and I trust the…

  • Build a Spiritual Deployment Support Team

    “Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.” (Proverbs 11:14 [ESV]) Is the military sending you out by yourself? Surely not. Is the Lord expecting you to endure this upcoming spiritual trial by yourself? Absolutely not. Now is the time to build a Spiritual Deployment Support…

  • It’s not how you start…

    “Better is the end of a thing than its beginning…” (Ecclesiastes 7:8 [ESV]) Have you ever been cornered by someone who is uber excited about their new thing they are starting and they just have to tell you all about it? They are eager, positive, energetic, and sometimes pushy to get you to join in…

  • You were made for worship, work, and community

    Imagine if the only Bible you had was the first two chapters. What would you determine the purpose of your life is based on just these two introductory chapters? “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” (Gen. 1:1 [ESV]) The next 29 verses of Chapter 1 describe with beauty and majesty the One…

  • The things you need for Christian Adulting

    When we’re growing up, we are continually frustrated that we don’t have more freedom. “Why can’t I do what I want?!” But then, when we transition into adulthood, the freedom is almost overwhelming. Frankly, it can be paralyzing. Far too often, we prolong this transition for far too long. My encouragement is this: Move towards…

  • From the Cutting Room: Habakkuk 3:17-19

    What is the secret to finding joy, salvation, and strength in all circumstances? The short book of Habakkuk answers that question: In all circumstances, find joy, salvation, and strength in the LORD. I had the privilege to preach the ending of this powerful book this Sunday. You can listen to it here if you’d like.…

  • Books that Have Shaped Me: Productivity and Rest

    Do you ever have this nagging feeling that you should be doing more? Do you ever have this nagging feeling that you’re doing too much? If you answered “yes” to both of those questions, you and I are dear friends. You are not alone. I have been on a journey of learning true productivity and…

  • Books that Have Shaped Me: Books about the Bible

    The most important book I have read is the Bible. The next most important books I have read are the ones that have helped me read and understand the Bible better. What the Bible says about the Bible. We first have to realize what the Bible says about itself. It may surprise you how much…

  • Books that Have Shaped Me: the Bible

    God wrote a book. Technically, a book of books- a small library. The Apostle Paul wrote to his younger protege, Timothy, that “all scripture is breathed out by God…” (2 Tim. 3:16 [ESV]). The 66 book protestant Bible is the God-breathed book. God did not breathe out a television series or a YouTube video- He…

  • Books Shape You

    “Television, radio, and all the sources of amusement and information that surround us in our daily lives are artificial props. They can give us the impression that our minds are active… But the power of those external stimuli to keep us going is limited. They are like drugs. We grow used to them, and we…