As a Christian, we can fall into 2 traps and in so doing lose our focus on Christ. We can focus on God’s people more than Jesus or we can focus on ministry more than Jesus. Either way, losing our focus on Jesus can cost us everything. What do I mean by that? On the […]
Matt 17: Faith of a Worshiper (pt2 of 3)
This chapter, I believe, gives us two ways to live out our Christian lives. On the surface, these two ways may look very similar. But below the surface, they couldn’t be any more different. These two ways are worlds apart. One way is treating Jesus like a light switch. You turn him on and off. […]
Matt 17: Faith of a Worshiper (pt1 of 3)
Today is going to be a shorter message because it is the first Sunday of the month when we observe the Lord’s Supper. Actually, today is going to be part sermon and part testimony. Because God has been shifting my paradigm all this week. Let’s start by reading the first 13 verses of Matthew 17, […]
Lord’s Supper: Jesus Lives
Matt 17 9 As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, “Don’t tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.” I have a simple word as we prepare for the Lord’s Supper. Jesus is not dead. We don’t carry around a dead Jesus on […]
Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp
In the words of Paul Tripp, there’s something very dangerous about pastoral culture… After traveling the globe and speaking to thousands of churches worldwide, Paul Tripp has discovered a serious problem within pastoral culture. He’s not only concerned about the spiritual life of the pastor, but also with the very community of people that trains […]