23-0115: Jesus makes you new to produce a new kind of living that forms more of Him in you. Repentance is built on three foundational convictions of the new that Jesus creates in the Christian. And these convictions motivate a new pattern of thinking and living through faith. When we speak of the “process...
God was Jacob’s purpose for life, but Jacob did not know it until He trusted to obey. Until you seek Jesus first in life, NOT as one of but as first in all, purpose will always be fleeting....
In January I asked Al Webb, a LifePoint Elder, to lead us in a prayer of corporate repentance during a Night of Worship. I was moved by his leadership and asked him to share his prayer with me. During our Seven Days of Prayer I wanted to share this prayer to encourage us. We...
The Supreme Court ruled this week, Friday, June 26, 2015, to make same-sex marriage legal across our nation. Many of you, as I, have read articles and reports to understand what this means and what challenges it will likely create for Christians. Many Christian leaders have reminded us that now is the time...
The practice of confession has proven to be a liberating discipline for my life. Freedom in Christ is a great blessing. Our experience of freedom quickly erodes, though, when we fail to practice confession in life and allow unconfessed sin to remain. Confession as a spiritual discipline is essential for Christian growth in holiness...