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"Clinton-Trump Debate Expected to Be Rare Draw in a Polarized Age." That was the New York Times  headline that led my news fee...

Picture a kitchen table. It doesn't have to be fancy or elaborate.  Four legs and a top.  That's all you need.  Some of the most...

Yesterday, we began a four-week series entitled "A Different Kind of Life."  If you have been a follower of Jesus for any signif...

22 years ago tomorrow, a beautiful, smart, winsome, godly young lady with obvious issues of blindness and bad character judgement had alre...

Yesterday, the elders of NewSpring Church, the 30,000 attendee, multi-site congregation in my home state, announced the release of Senior ...

Yet another summer is upon us, which means I'll be taking a break from this site for a few months.  But as always, I can't do that...

The role of pastors is clear in Scripture: “Equip the saints for the work of the ministry.” (Ephesians 4:12) But unfortunately, some past...

"Family." Almost every time this word is used in our culture, the intent is to portray an overwhelmingly positive picture of w...

For the last several weeks we have been looking together at Paul's letter to the Philippians--a letter written to a highly diverse c...

"We want to reach our community!"  In 24 years of ministry, I've never served or consulted with a single congregation that d...

There is an old Peanuts  cartoon that shows Charlie Brown firing an arrow into the side of a barn with Lucy watching.  In the second frame...

"False teaching."  Its a term that evokes strong emotion--mostly the fearful kind.  The Scriptures frequently warn us about it. ...