God has created you with a ‘need component,’ directing you towards your Kingdom purpose. The world you live in is taking that component and twisting it around for its advantage.

Imagine standing on the beach in California with three people: an Olympic swimmer, a casual weekend swimmer, and someone who can barely float. These three swimmers have the goal of swimming to Hawaii.

Do you ever feel like life is bogging you down into the muck and mire of stress and anxiety, from which escape seems impossible? If so, you’re not alone, and there’s hope.

Have you ever felt like your approach to serving God is very different from everyone else? There are some things in life that Melissa and I approach in vastly different ways. Let me share a personal story that hammers this point home.

There's a story of a man who was putting shingles on his three-story house. It had been raining earlier, and the roof was slippery. Suddenly, he lost his balance and slipped. As he was going off the edge of the roof, he caught himself by the gutter. Panic began to set in as he looked up to the sky and yelled, “Is anyone up there who can help me?” A voice came back, saying…

Have you ever felt frustrated by certain sins that keep recurring in your life? You get control over them for a short time, and then next thing you know, they're springing back up and wreaking havoc.

When I was a little boy, one of the most exciting events of the year was when the circus came to town. I can remember marveling at the towering tent being set up downtown and watching those magnificent elephants pull heavy ropes with such ease. Then they would take that same elephant, wrap a rope around its foot, and attach the other end to a little stake they had driven into the ground.

God weaves together His creation, He has woven in physical components that can serve as motivators to stir our affections for Him. God is sovereign over everything, even the seemingly mundane.

A moving story of love and grit is found in one of the worst tragedies of 1988. An earthquake ravaged the northwestern section of Armenia, killing around 25,000 people. In one of the small towns, right after the earthquake, a father hurried to his son's school only to discover that it had been completely destroyed.

“Jesus is either Lord of all or is not Lord at all.” I understand the heart and intention behind this statement, but it leaves room for a lot of misunderstanding.

We must be careful not to be too quick to slap the “fanatic” label on those who are zealous about their faith in Jesus. We can look at someone who lives out their faith in Jesus in extraordinary ways and think, "Man, that person is too much." But is there such a thing as too much when it comes to living for Jesus?

August 13th marks the anniversary of one of the most painful events of my life. It was 1982. I was 14 years old and about to begin my freshman year of high school when my older brother, who was eighteen and had just graduated a couple of months earlier, was killed in a car accident.