Unconditional Love

We don’t understand the Scriptures or God’s love (including me, too). I’ve heard it said many times that if you or I were the only one, Jesus would have died for us(!). I’ve also heard that Christ died because we are valuable to Him. Each statement may be true in a sense, but not in […]

Sons of Thunder (video)

(For the entire Men Jesus Called teaching series by Richard @mcProdigal and Mike @aheartforgod, click here.)

Unconditional Love

We don’t understand the Scriptures or God’s love (including me, too). I’ve heard it said many times that if you or I were the only one, Jesus would have died for us(!). I’ve also heard that Christ died because we are valuable to Him. Each statement may be true in a sense, but not in […]

10 Things You Will Never Hear on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams

“‘For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?’” (Mark 8:36) When God was first awakening my heart to Him I would ask questions about life and talk about things spiritual and people would get angry at me for doing so. You see, I didn’t know it at […]

Ignorance, Asteroids, a Great Earthquake and War in the Middle East

There is an ignorance when it comes to events unfolding. There is a lack of knowledge and a darkness. There is a veil over minds. (2 Corinthians 4:4) For many, they’ve chosen to remain in the dark (and the devil is most obliging). You speak to them about “heavenly things” and it’s that deer in […]

Gone Fishin’ (video)

(For the entire Men Jesus Called teaching series by Richard @mcProdigal and Mike @aheartforgod, click here.)

Matchmaker

I don’t know how it happens and I do know how it happens. (Psalm 139:16) And to emphasize that I want you to think about it from the following perspective. I’d expect some of you may never have before. A baby boy is born way over here. And a baby girl is born way over […]

Aliens, Dead Planets, a Spectacular Earth and the Gap Theory

We have interactive Sundays at our church. Once every month the congregation writes down questions on slips of paper. They are collected. And then the pastor answers the questions during his sermon time for that day. It’s cool. On a recent Sunday one of the slips of paper had a single word, “Aliens.” As our […]

The Beastly Dog (guest blog post)

(Guest blogger today is my daughter, Theresa.) Four years ago, I was chased by a beast. I was pedaling on my two-wheeled bike with my brother Michael; my mom used her footwork to keep up. At this time, I must have been eight. Michael and I rode ahead of my mom, biking around our neighborhood […]

Bad Neighbor Bye Bye

I was depressed. I was at my whit’s end. (It happens to pastors, too.) I couldn’t take it any more. Here’s why. It wasn’t that my next door neighbor played his music. It was that he played it so loud, so often, so selfishly (in disregard for the neighborhood). And he had this “box” thing […]