The Holy Land, Memorial Day, and Shaun Groves

The Holy Land: I just spoke with Arlene who is with the team in the Holy Land. It is good to hear that everyone is healthy. It’s great to be able to partner with them by praying. They are working hard and tonight they’ll enjoy a Cuban meal and a movie – some much needed [...]

Serving Jesus

I love to see people serve the Lord. We just prayed with and said good-bye to the team from our church going to the Holy Land to serve Jesus by serving the people over there. They’ll be gone seventeen days; for some, it’s their first missions trip. It’s going to be a wonderful time. Please [...]

How To Ruin Your Life

I heard a sermon the other day entitled, “Four Ways To Ruin Your Life.” Here they are:
1. Believe that the grass is greener on the other side.2. Overcome temptation with willpower. (Isn’t it true that we need prayer and the power of the Holy Spirit?)3. In terms of integrity, wing it.4. When you blow it, [...]

Marriage

My favorite quote from the teaching the past Sunday went something like this: “A blind woman and a deaf man always make for a great marriage.” Be quick to forgive, be kind, keep your eyes half closed, and love your spouse.

Time To Buy A Gun?

I couldn’t believe it.
Little children, my daughter included, live in a world of imagination. Just a couple days ago, she took a towel, put it on her head like a veil, and said, “Daddy, I’m married.” Now there’s some words that I didn’t think I’d be hearing quite so soon. This was especially troubling [...]

Quote of the Month

Tertullian was a writer in the 3rd century who became a Christian after he was impressed with the courage with which the early Christians faced their brutal execution. I ran across these words of his today as I was preparing to teach Acts 3-5 this Saturday: “Kill us, torture us, condemn us, grind us [...]

The DaVinci Code

There’s been alot of talk these days in the Christian community about the movie based on Dan Brown’s fictional novel, The DaVinci Code. It’s a spy-thriller about a cover-up that hid the fact that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene and that the “myth of his divinity” was written into the Bible by Constantine in [...]

Sin

I heard about a couple people, actually four men who have had affairs. In one day, I heard about four people that broke trust with their wives and families, and in some cases, large flocks of believers. Hit me hard. Breaks my heart. Underscores accountability, honesty, and a close walk with the Lord. One of [...]

Distractions

My wife and I have noticed that oftentimes when we attempt something spiritual, like praying or reading the Bible, some distraction hits us, like, oh, I don’t know, a baby crying maybe?
Case in point: last night I decided I would read the Bible to my family as my wife was bathing the kids. No sooner [...]

The Acts

Saturday we had our first class in the book of Acts. This is a verse by verse study that I am teaching for Calvary Chapel School of Discipleship. How important it is to be baptized/filled with the Holy Spirit! In every arena of life – marriage and family, job, ministry, socially – we need to [...]