Before the call to maturity comes the gift of identity.   Read More

The gospel isn't just a message to believe once and then forget. It's the truth that works its way down into every area of life. If you don't know him, you need him. And if you do know him, he's calling you to rest in him.   Read More

There are times when you can see in his Word that you're being called to obedience even without seeing how he's going to provide, before you can see the outcome, before you can see how the future's going to work out. That's the walk of faith. We need to follow Jesus in more than words; we need to follow him in how we live.   Read More

There is a danger that Jesus would become familiar to us without seeing him for who he really is—to assume that because we’ve seen Jesus in one light, we’ve got him all figured out.  Read More

Mark 5:21-43 Desperate need doesn’t make us weak. It just shows us life as it is. It doesn’t make us fragile. It shows us what we always were. And God, in his word, has plenty to say about the value of sobering up to your desperate need before him.Psalm 90:12 says this, “Teach us to number our days carefully so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.” Help us to think about this, God, in a way t...  Read More

What would it mean to know the God who made all things and holds it all together with a word of his power? What is he like? What does he want?   Read More