Matthew 22:37New International Version (NIV) 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ When I read this verse, it always strikes me, "You must." It doesn't say, if you can, or if you are willing. It...

Proverbs 26:4,5 (NLT) Don’t answer the foolish arguments of fools, or you will become as foolish as they are.  5 Be sure to answer the foolish arguments of fools, or they will become wise in their own estimation. This passage was related in our mens' group the other...

Have you ever come across something you had tucked away some time ago, or thought you had lost and exclaimed ‘There it is!’  It is a good feeling.  This past weekend, I was playing junior lumberjack and clearing some invasive trees in some timber, when I noticed a...

Author's note: This is week one of a four week series Have you ever experienced a dry season in life? I define a dry season as any period where it just seems like very few things appear to be going right, and your connection with God starts to wane. If you've...

I was having lunch with my good friend, Pastor Jeff Rabe, and as is generally the case, our conversation was as good as the meal.  Our discussion lingered at length around a subject that ultimately spurred the thought leading to today's topic.   Pastor Rabe made the...

When you were a kid, do you recall making promises or sharing something to your friends or siblings, then having to convince them that you were for-real telling the truth?  Maybe you had to say that you were honestly, 'if your lying-your dying', 'as god as your...

Have you ever had a great coach? They could push you beyond your limits and lead you to believe you could do more than you currently were.  You would work, fight and bleed for them.  Then you would come back the next day to do it again.  They believed in you and you...