Chuck Lawless recently wrote this practical piece that should inspire us to make this week more than “just o.k.” __________________________________________ Maybe you’ve seen the AT&T commercials that point out why “just ok is not ok.” The point is that there are some situations where “just ok” is not sufficient. These commercials don’t speak about the […]
This week I had some great conversations with various people about discipleship, evangelism, and missions – thinking deeply about how we Christ-followers can make Jesus known to the people around us. I love being around others who have a passion for spreading the good news that a Savior has come and is willing and able […]
This past Sunday during the Shepherd’s Prayer in our worship service, one of our congregation’s spiritual shepherds prayed an incredible prayer over us and for us. The line in his prayer that really stood out to me was when he asked God to put people in our lives “who would rebuke us when we make […]
Tonight I will be teaching a new session of our monthly D-School at Alameda Church of Christ to a small group of our members. D-School is a 4-week discipleship training course that is designed to help followers of Christ become disciple-makers for Christ. We started it at the end of last year and, so far, […]
After a recent sermon, one of our church members recommended this song to me:
This past Friday afternoon I had the great privilege and honor of baptizing a person into Christ. She has been visiting our congregation for several weeks and had grown in her understanding of the Gospel of Christ so much that she was ready to make the decision to surrender her life to Him. It was […]
The other day a woman called our church office needing to talk to someone. When I got on the phone and introduced myself, she asked if I was the leader of our Celebrate Recovery ministry. I said, “No, but I might be able to help you.” And she opened up and started to share her […]
This week the state of New York enacted a new law that allows for full-term abortions. And my heart is heavy. I have never understood the rationale for the normalization of abortion or the desire of our culture to celebrate abortion. Maybe that’s because I am the father of an adopted child who thanks God […]
Every day, it seems, some journalistic entity is having to correct a story because they failed to thoroughly investigate a story and, instead, made a rush to judgment that fit within the narrative they wanted to write in order to push their own agendas and confirm their own biases. And this happens on all sides. […]
Today, our country remembers and honors the inspirational and aspirational fight against racism waged by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As part of that remembrance, I want to pass along some thoughts about the role of the church in the fight against racism written by New Testament scholar Dr. Richard Hays in his important book […]
