Relentlessly pursuing Christ and His Cause
Why do we freak out when it comes to reaching out to our friends? How do you bring it up without throwing up? These questions and many more plague us when it comes to communicating the most important and “bestest” news on the planet. This little blog post is all about relieving your tension by [...]
A few weeks ago I was having a conversation with Jeremy, my nine year old son, when he told me, “Daddy, I’m nine years old. Next year I will be ten years old, which makes me a mini-teenager, which kind of makes me a mini-adult, which means you have to take me more seriously.”
When he [...]
Okay, I’ve always hated minivans but now I might have to go and buy one. Stinkin’ hilarious…
There is a little book called Dedication and Leadership that every Christian leader should read. Here’s what the back cover says about it’s author, Douglas Hyde:
“On March 14, 1948, Douglas Hyde handed in his resignation as the news editor of the London Daily Worker and wrote ‘the end’ to twenty years of his life [...]
Remember the old 7up commericals? They billed their clear soft drink in a green can as “the un-cola.” I guess the thought in the minds of the makers of Sprite’s older cousin was that if they totally took themselves out of the realm of cola they would stand alone in the marketplace. It was a [...]
All of our hearts are breaking as we have watched the Gulf fill up with oil. It is devastating to see God’s creation marred through human mistakes. I don’t know about you but I cringe every time I see the underwater videos of thousands upon thousands of barrels of oil spewing into the ocean…and if [...]
“Do you hate sin or are you just against it because you are supposed to be?”
I don’t know who said these words. I just know that when I heard this provocative quote as a teenager it stuck in my brain. It stuck because “hate” is not a word that is used all that often in [...]
There is no single act in the Christian life that will trigger spiritual maturity in the life of a teenager more quickly and completely than evangelism. When teenagers open their mouths to proclaim the fame and Name of Christ, especially to their friends, they are risking something they hold most dear… relationships.
Ask any [...]
