One of the most difficult parts of winning a war is to capture hearts and minds. Armies have faced this challenge for hundreds of years. The latest military technology cannot win someone’s heart. All ...  Read More

Acts 4:13 When they observed the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed and recognized that they had been with Jesus....  Read More

“Is this a hill worth dying on?” is an age-old question people have asked for centuries. If you’re not familiar with this phrase—it is designed to force you to evaluate what is worth losing everythin...  Read More

Acts 4:5-7 The next day, their rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem 6 with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all the members of the high-priestly family. 7 After they...  Read More

Acts 4:1-4 While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple police, and the Sadducees confronted them, 2 because they were annoyed that they were teaching the people and ...  Read More

Luke 10:1-12 After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others, and he sent them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself was about to go. 2 He told them, “The harvest is abundan...  Read More

As an organization becomes larger, it becomes more difficult to develop a defining culture. The more complex an organization becomes, the more difficult it is to drive culture. Culture drives strateg...  Read More

Matthew 15:32-37 Jesus called his disciples and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they’ve already stayed with me three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry,...  Read More

95% of the pain and the heartache of being a pastor comes during the week in the form of counseling and crises. The other 5% comes before or after services on Sunday or mid-week. Don’t get me wrong; I...  Read More

Hosea 11:1-2 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. 2 Israel called to the Egyptians even as Israel was leaving them. They kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning of...  Read More

Acts 3:17-23 “And now, brothers and sisters, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your leaders also did. 18 In this way God fulfilled what he had predicted through all the prophets—that his Mes...  Read More

This week, while waiting at a restaurant for a friend to show up, the waitress and I had a brief discussion about faith. She explained that she was challenged with a question in which she really didn...  Read More