➡️I was raised in the church so I’ve heard about “the blood” all of my life – there’s power in the blood, oh the blood of Jesus, nothing but the blood. But think about the non-Christian walking into our churches and we start talking about eating Jesus‘ flesh and drinking his blood, John 6:53-58 –…

➡️I was raised in a good environment, around really good people.  We were a part of a small church, where everyone knew each other – a true family.  I remember reading the Bible, about the miracles of Jesus – the signs and wonders that followed the disciples – and even hearing of crazy stories of…

➡️According to PsychologyToday.com, around 85 percent of the things people worry about never happen; and if what they worry about does happen, 79 percent of them said they handled the outcome better than they thought they would.  In other words, it ended up not being as big of a deal that they thought it was…

➡️I was raised in a small town outside of Birmingham, Alabama where there was a church about every quarter mile. Our southern town was strongly influenced by the Baptists, who still today have in their by-laws that “drinking alcohol of any kind is prohibited”.  We were not Baptists, but we never had alcohol in our…

➡️I remember my first youth pastors job out of college. I walked into a small room upstairs, and there were maybe 25 or 30 students waiting for me. I scanned the room and quickly saw someone who didn’t seemed to fit – he wore black jeans, a black shirt, a black overcoat and a black…

➡️I was raised in great home — I had a mom and dad who loved the Lord, loved each other, and loved me and my siblings. We were active at our local church, constantly surrounded with friends and family.  Yet even in that stable, safe environment, I always fought the thoughts that I wasn’t enough.…

➡️I don’t ever remember it actually being spoken, but as a child growing up, I was part of a culture that taught that “poor was Godly and rich was not”.  We all knew the pastor who lived in the parsonage next door to the small church; we all read of Mother Teresa, who lived and…

➡️I KNOW, I KNOW—it’s not nice to call anyone a jerk. I realize that all of us can have jerky tendencies. Yes, all of us.  However, for the sake of many people who are in rough situations in their churches, we have to face the fact that sometimes even our pastors and leaders can be ……

➡️When it comes to voting, we’ve got to ask the question – what does the Bible say?  Of course the Bible never says to “go and vote”, but it’s packed with spiritual principles that must be applied.  Here’s four questions and biblical answers about the principles surrounding voting: When you’re walking into that booth, and…

➡️WHO DOES GOD SAY I AM? Finding out what God says about you changes everything. As a child growing up, and into my adulthood, I always felt “less than” everyone else… until I started discovering what God said about me.   If you’re a follower of Jesus Christ, here’s 50 truths the BIBLE SAYS about…