Meet Me At Ignite Men’s Impact Weekend

You can have the opportunity to meet me in person this coming weekend at the Ignite Men’s Impact Weekend where I will be hosting a booth in the main conference hall. I’m super excited to be loading up the RV and heading down to the Ignite Men’s Weekend with some passionate Christ followers this coming

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Do It Because You Want To

God does not want your unwilling obedience. If you believe your religious adherence to certain behaviors, practices, rituals, or beliefs is saving, think again. Salvation is a matter of your heart, your soul, your mind, your identity, your whole self being remade in the image and likeness of God — being born again to new

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The Ownership Secret

God owns everything and yet he chooses to invest it all in others because God designed and uses the ownership secret. Leadership requires understanding and leveraging the ownership secret. Success and fulfillment in work and in life is a result of the ownership secret. Intimacy and trust, satisfaction and connection, love and support in relationships

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Submission and Greatness

In religious contexts, submission is often taught as if it had intrinsic value — as if humility and abasement were goals unto themselves. However, submission, like many other generic actions, has no intrinsic value — its entire value being derived from what is submitted to.   Submission to abuse is negative and evil.  Submission to

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Joshua The Divinely Authorized

Was Jesus’ last name Christ?  Were His parents Joseph and Mary Christ? The answer to both of these questions is “no”. In the original Greek text of the Gospels, “Jesus Christ” or “Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς” literally means “Jesus the Anointed One”, or “Joshua the Divinely Authorized by the Pouring or Rubbing of Olive Oil” making reference to the

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Following the Way, Understanding the Truth, Living the Life

As Jesus neared the end of His life on earth, His disciples became more and more concerned that Jesus said He was going to leave them.  They had dropped so much to follow Him, and yet here they were coming to the end of their walk with Him, and He seemed to be saying that He

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Boldly Declare Grace

Shame. Guilt. Fear. Judgment. Condemnation. Punishment. Isolation. For thousands of years these have been the prescription for and the expected result of sin. They have been codified in legal systems, embedded culturally in societies, and preached from pulpits the world over.  They have transcended dogma and tradition, reaching from the major world religions all the

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The Power of Authenticity

Do you like who you are? or do you hide who you are? If you find that your internal conversation (what you say to yourself) and your external conversation (what you say to other people) are not the same.  If you find yourself considering how you appear more carefully than who you are or who

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Build On Your Foundations

“Yes, I would like to start at the third floor.  I don’t understand why you have an issue with that.  I don’t like basements — they are so dark, dank, and unpleasant.  The first floor isn’t much better — right in the noise of the street and even the second floor still has that smell

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Child of a Mother, Child of God

Every human being has a mother.  Some are loving, invested, caring, thoughtful, wise, and supportive.  Some are not.  Some mothers become grand mothers and great grand mothers.  Some mothers die before they really get the chance to connect with even the first generation.  Some are believers.  Some are not. The list goes on and on.  For

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Faith Like A Child

Faith like a child.  It’s simple, but why is it effective?  Why would Jesus ask his followers to revert to an earlier stage of development in order to discover the entrance to His kingdom? Jesus said, “Anyone who doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it” (Mark 10), but why does this

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Turning The Tables

The enemy would like you to think that being under attack, being challenged, or facing an obstacle is enough reason in itself to give up, accept defeat, and lower your expectations for the future.  However, God has a different plan for you. It’s time for you to turn the tables on the enemy.  It’s time

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