Category Archives: Spiritual Growth

There’s a song out on the radio by Matthew West called “Truth be Told.” The song is a real upbeat song, but listening to the words, it’s also very cumbersome. All too often, when we go to church or we’re talking to others, when they ask you how you’re doing, often we’re quick to sayContinue reading “I Say I’m Fine”

“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”-Matthew 28:19-20 (ESV) Oftentimes, I believe that weContinue reading “Go and Tell”

Do you want to know one of the main reasons as to why I love the Bible so much? Because, among countless other things, it reveals to me that I will never be satisfied in life without Jesus. In all circumstances of my life, I may be happy, or content, but it’s never lasting. IContinue reading “From Solomon to Job”

“18 And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I haveContinue reading “To Be Disciples, That Make Disciples”

According to statistics, January 17th is the day that most people give up their new year resolutions. People all across the country will stop going to the gym, quit their diets, pick back up “that one” bad habit they said they’d quit, and/or give up on that new hobby they said they would try. IContinue reading “Keep Going”

Last week, I attended a conference here in Louisville that centered around the importance of missions overseas, and the Gospel message being sent out in all directions. Since I believe God has called me to serve in the local church here in America, I must confess that oftentimes I downplay the importance of overseas missionsContinue reading “Helping With Missions”

Have you ever been reading the psalms, and come across that word off to the side of the margins (typically italicized too) “selah?” Have you ever wondered what it meant and why it is there? If you’re like me, you also may have wondered, “am I supposed to read that word, even? I’m confused.” WhileContinue reading “Selah”

I was listening to sermons and podcasts for answers to the life that I desired. Yet, very rarely did I pick up the Bible. I would listen to Mark Driscoll, Matt Chandler, John MacArthur, etc… but I rarely opened the Word to seek the answers I was after. I constantly relied on man’s interpretation. Now,Continue reading “Your Real Source”

It is such an easy thing to keep “so said” private things private. Society and general upbringing almost indoctrinates us to keep personal things hidden and out of reach.  Crazy enough, Christ has asked us to flip the script, and bear one another’s burdens. It’s easy to donate to a food pantry, and give ourContinue reading “Bear One Another’s Burdens”

“That must be the easiest job on earth!” Over the course of several years in the ministry, that phrase is what I heard the most about my job as a minister.  I am retired now, but for 50 plus years I was involved in some type of ministry in the church. For 40 years I didContinue reading ““Easiest Job on Earth””