Pastor's all over the country wish we could fit all of the sermon preparation into our Sunday messages. Sometimes it works out and...

It is said that everything rises or falls on leadership. Whether in church, business, or politics this truth has been played out in every...

Creation is what it is because it reflects the design of God and the presence of God. This is not a pantheistic way of viewing creation...

Genesis 3 is a crucial turning point in the opening narrative of the Bible. Everything about life, existence, man, woman, leadership,...

As the lead pastor of The Bridge Fellowship, I am often seeking to move the church to a place of increasing gospel-centered creativity. I...

Today I turn 51 years old. In the grand scheme of things it is just another year but for me, the years become increasingly important and...

It is an awesome wonder that God would create us in His own image and call us to rule as His representatives upon the earth. That is an...

The Bible is one large inclusion. An inclusio is a Biblical literary device that brackets information around similar thoughts or and...

The word image is commonly defined as follows: likeness, resemblance; representation; sculpture, portrait, sketch, etc. These words...

The idea of God is beyond the realm of the human imagination. Sure, men imagine God to be who they deem him to be, but this god ends up...

The phrase that continually came to my mind in evaluating my 2021 and praying about 2022 was this: "Disrupt Comfort and Prepare for the...

Paul Tripp wrote a book called "A Dangerous Calling: Confronting the Unique Challenges of Pastoral Ministry." The title itself is a bit...

I have the honor of preaching through the first letter of Paul to the Thessalonians. The study has been incredible, and my mind is being...

What makes sin sinful? This may seem to be an odd question but, in truth, it is one of the most important questions that we could and...

Part of what keeps us from moving forward in life is the inability to be self-aware. Self-awareness is a phrase that has come into...

I am amazed, daily, of how much the Lord loves His Bride and the extent He went to demonstrate and prove it. He is the Lord and is in no...

Any parent will understand the sentiment of what I mean when I say that, before I had children I never knew I could love someone so...

The apostle Paul tells us that everyone is guilty before the Lord because all make the choice to go against the law of God. Whether a Jew...

I am fascinated by those shows that show animals catching their prey, especially lions. If you've every watch these programs you know...

What makes prayer powerful is the various kinds of prayers in which we can beseech the Lord. Paul makes this clear in his word use for...