You’ve experienced it, haven’t you? You call the “Customer Service” line for a company to get some help, and you are immediately put on hold. You listen to the soft and easy music for minutes upon minutes. The music is only occasionally interrupted by a recorded message that says, “Your call is important to us. We are currently assisting other customers. The…

They wiggle. They squirm. They sometimes have a tough time sitting still and being quiet. But that’s ok! Having little kids in worship is one of the best things that can happen–for the church and for the kids! Parents, please know that while you might have a tough time keeping them quiet and still in those first couple years, if you keep…

David needed forgiveness. After David had lusted for Bathsheba, sinned with Bathsheba, deceived Uriah and murdered Uriah, he was in a very bad place. Having added “sin to sin,” he desperately needed God’s saving grace.  But David asked for more than forgiveness. In Psalm 51, he immediately asked the Lord, “Blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse…

Some expiration dates probably get your attention more than others. What about expiration dates on coupons? If you had a coupon for a free meal, would you pay attention to that expiration date? If you had a coupon for a free car, would you pay attention to that expiration date? The expiration date indicates the last day you would have an opportunity…

“Well, you know. If the preacher says it, then it’s got to be true. I’ll just go with whatever the preacher says. He knows what he’s talking about.” How many have said (or at least thought) such words? Too many.  The truth is that every preacher is subject to error. Every one of them! They are human, and as such, they are…

So, does God take care of the rich people, too? The way that “rich people” are villainized today, one might think that God should be “for” the poor and “against” the rich. But, that’s not the way that it works at all. In Luke 12, Jesus told the parable of “a certain rich man,” and it says that his “ground… yielded plentifully”…

Have you ever contracted some kind of sickness from being around someone at work or at school or at church or just out in public somewhere? It happens. And sometimes we don’t even know “where we got it.” That’s because many people are contagious when they’re sick.  Let’s look at this another way. Have you ever walked away from an encounter with…

When someone goes looking for a job, they understand the difference (and so does the employer) between a full-time job and a part-time job. The difference not only involves the hours that are spent working, but it also has to do with the energies, the dedication, the long-term commitment and the heart that goes into the work.  The same applies to other…