I have been dialoging with some interesting so called Christians who have a very twisted view of scripture and what it means to be a Christian. They write and say that they feel it is perfectly fine to use foul and degrading language. Most of these gentleman are part of the emergent church and claim to be living their lives like Christ commanded. But instead of their "cool" worldliness they are going directly against the Word of God. I would like to address the topic of our language and how we speak and what we speak represents to the world who Christ is in us. Is it ok for a Christian to walk around using 4 letter words, is that being a good ambassador of Christ? Read More...

I just want to put this very bluntly, divorce is not an option for any Christian. My friend and I were discussing if there is any valid reason for getting a divorce and there is only one instance of were God allows divorce and this particular situation does not happen in our culture today. My friend found this great article written by Thomas M. Strouse, Prof. of Theology on The Bible, Marriage and Divorce.

Now we as men and women can come up with lots of excuses why we should be able to divorce, but God's plan is for no one to separate a man and women. We may find ourselves in some very difficult situations with our husband/wives but God's word is very clear on this issue. I also can look at Genesis 2 and see the original plan for marriage that we should strive for and there is nothing in Genesis that says men cleave to your wife unless... Nope it is until death. Take a read of this article it is excellent. I would be curious to know if anyone disagrees with this or not. Read More...

One of the largest seeker sensitive church's in America is Willow Creek. They are primarily responsible for the seeker sensitive movement about growing large mega-church's and they have released a new book on their findings about the spiritual depth of their congregation. Not surprising their results were not good news and they have found their congregations to be spiritually weak. This is well worth a read. I am so blessed to have my pastor, John Werhas, who isn't all about the "church" programs but about teaching the Word of God book by book, chapter by chapter and verse by verse.

Here is a quote from the founder of Willow Creek and below is a full article from Town Hall.com Read More...

I have to tell you this message today burdens my heart. The message today is a grave warning to the apostate church in Laodicea. And a grave warning to self deceived unbelievers. We have seen a progression as we have moved through the church’s getting worse and worse and we have ultimately come to the Church with no believers and a complete rejection from Christ. They are in worst possible state and that is they believe they are Christians but are deceived. Read More...

I have had a lot on my mind in the past few weeks with so much going on in my life and trying to do all I can to live for my Lord and Savior. I have been wondering what is God going to do with my life and how can I be used most effectively. Sometimes I wonder if I am doing what God wants me to be doing. My Pastor, John Werhas reminds us that I don’t make up the plans of my life then tell God to follow me. But I am to do the will of God and follow Him. I think I know what the will of God is for me but why do I seem to flounder at times? Read More...

Travis Carden (http://www.traviscarden.com) has done some fantastic work putting a list together to show we are in a constant state of depravity until God breathes spiritual life into our spiritual deadness. If we take these passages as a whole I have a really hard time thinking that any man can bring himself or should I say “choose” God. I cannot align myself to be in the right position to receive God’s grace and mercy when I am completely depraved and dead in my sins. What do you think? Read More...

Here is a sermon I spoke on this Wednesday. How are we to stand up like the Church of Smyrna in the days of persecution? Read More...

This video clip features a message from Paul Washer, a hard core pastor, spreading the Gospel message. I have previously posted on one of his sermons and commented on what a powerful message he gave of God’s good news. You can listen to his previous message here. What is amazing to me is no matter when I hear the Gospel message it fills my heart with joy for what Christ has done for us. Read More...

Life has been crazy busy these last few weeks and I have really failed on keeping up on the blog. Hopefully as things calm down I will get back into my routine of posting a couple of times a week. Read More...

In our weekly men’s breakfast this morning one of our pastors was going through the 2nd chapter in James teaching on faith and works. I have been thinking about my own faith and does my life show the fruits of my faith. I think in some ways yes and some areas I definitely need to improve. But as I thought more about this and the people who I know who are true Christians always demonstrate fruit/works in their lives. Then I started thinking about people who claim faith in Christ but there is NO fruit and on top of that they don’t even believe in what the Bible has to say. Read More...

There are two things that the enemy really hates followers of Christ to be caught doing. The first is reading God’s love letter to us, the Bible. The second thing he hates is when we are on our knees talking with our Father in heaven. Read More...

1 Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. Read More...

Andrew Murray wrote one of my favorite books called Humility The Journey Towards Holiness. It is a pretty short book but very powerful at a 110 pages you can finish it in a few hours. Read More...

This entry is completely directed towards myself. I need to hear this message.

Have you fallen, have you messed up, are you beating yourself up for something you did that you know was wrong? Are you asking yourself questions like how can Christ possibly love me with my wicked heart. I should just throw in the towel I can’t live the way Christ wants me to live 100% of the time. Read More...

I am not a huge fan of compilation CD’s of lots of difference artists but WOW Hymns is just fantastic. If you love the old hymns and their messages but want more of an up to date tune then this is the CD for you. Read More...

My wife and I went to the Forum last night to see Hillsong United. They have just released a new album which is amazingly good called “All of the Above”. If you have never heard of them I highly recommend their music. Here are the lyrics to one of my favorite songs on the new album called Lead Me to the Cross. Read More...

It has been a year now without having cable or satellite TV. I can honestly say I have not missed it at all. The decision for us to cancel our cable subscription was decided when my oldest boy started rolling his eyes and stomping his feet when I asked him to do something. I thought to myself where in the heck did he see that? Well one afternoon they had the Disney Channel on and there was a girl on the TV (Raven) who stomped her feet and rolled her eyes at her father. That was the deciding factor! Read More...

This has been one of those days. My cell phone got suspended for not making a payment (I did it over the phone over a week ago but I hung up before I go the confirmation code). My boss told a group of us that he expects us to spend the next 2 weeks spending 18 hour days working on this project (Sat and Sun). I had someone call me stupid and ridiculous because of something simple I asked of him. I feel overwhelmed with so much on my plate that I just don’t have time to do everything that needs to be done. Read More...

I am pretty much a black and white kind of guy when it comes to what is right and wrong. But there are some gray areas for us who are followers of Christ. I pretty much like to fall on the most conservative views but there is freedom in Christ. He has given us choices in many areas of our lives, but how do I choose these freedoms and know its ok to do them. Read More...