Is the Church a Hospital, Country Club, or Hospice? (new podcast episode)

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteClick the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Android podcast app. “The church is a hospital, not a country club.” This episode uses this metaphor to help us better appreciate one of the purposes of our pastors and the local church. However, I also look at treating the church as […]

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Why Did Jesus Curse a Fig Tree? (A Teaser of My Upcoming Book)

Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is an excerpt from my upcoming book, Understanding 40 Events in Christ’s Final Days. Follow me on social media to find out when it’s released! Cursing the Fig Tree (Mt. 21:18-19, Mk. 11:12-14) One time, Jesus was hungry and got really mad at a tree.  Now in the morning, when He was returning to

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Checking Our Salvation with Hebrews 4 (new podcast episode)

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen we hear the call to salvation, it’s easy for us to assume that’s talking to other people; visitors, people struggling with sin, or those who have simply never heard the gospel before. This episode is from my teaching in Hebrews 4, which calls all of us, even people who assume they’ve been saved for

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Should Christians Go to Church on Christmas?

Approximate Reading Time: 9 minutesEvery few years, Christmas and church fall on the same day. On those years, Christians struggle with where to spend that day. And in our modern society, the question can be more complicated than “Skip church or skip presents.” We can find compromises or excuses thanks to online streaming, different meeting times, churches themselves skipping

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Freedom in Christ

Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutes…and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. (John 8:32) When Christ spoke these words, He spoke of something far beyond what his listeners could have imagined. At the time, many thought He would soon free Israel from political oppression. Yet the freedom Christ offers contains something far richer than

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You Can Buy My First Book!

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast week I published my first book. It’s a devotional for the days leading up to Christmas, titled “25 Days of Christ in the Old Testament.” Click here to grab your own physical or digital copy from Amazon. From the book’s description: Christ shines brilliantly in the New Testament, but we may not realize just

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