“Find your identity in God." “Your identity should come from who you are in Christ.” We always hear statements like this. But how exactly do we do this? What is identity anyway? The next several posts will address this very issue, so I hope you will keep reading. Our...

How many of you had your world turned upside down this year? I can’t imagine any of us will look back and say: “Wow, 2020! What a great year that was!” This was the year that I (get this) left the corporate radio world after 28 years in the business. It has been quite...

On the edge of the Promised Land Moses is laid to rest. His successor, the great warrior Joshua will lead the Israelites into the Promised Land. Before he embarks on this journey, the Lord blesses Joshua with some amazing proclamations: “I will give you every place...

John 14:27 recounts Jesus comforting His disciples with these words: “Peace I leave you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.“ The book of John emphasizes that Jesus is God himself...

I began to have extreme anxiety and panic attacks in my early twenties when I first started my radio career. At the time I had no idea what was happening to me. I would experience intense disorientation. Imagine not knowing who you are or why you are on this planet. It is kind if like that. I felt detached from myself. Sort of like a nightmarish out of body experience. Basically, I thought I was going mad. I was a relieved to find out there was a name for what I experienced.

You might be thinking Paul may as well be writing to the church today,

That is exactly the point. Just like Satan temps Eve by getting her to doubt God, the church in Corinth is looking for salvation by way of man instead of Jesus Christ. Paul reminds them the message of the cross is mighty and powerful when preached in its simplicity. The philosophies of these “wise men, these scholars, these brilliant debaters of the worlds great affairs” (1:20) are nonsense. The world will “never find God through human brilliance” (1:21). Paul wants the believers in Corinth to grasp the fact that through the Holy Spirit they have everything they need to do the will of God. And so do you.

Bobbie finally got sober. Everything should be great right? So how come there is still so much drama in the family? Why is dad bitter and angry? Why is mom sick all the time? Why won’t Jennifer come out of her room?