Back in January of 2011,  Jenny and I were engaged, and I began preaching my first series through the Sermon on the Mount up in Storm Lake,...

Called to Make an Impact In the middle of the eighteenth century, the fight against the slave trade seemed like an impossible task. The trad...

  Imagine you’re wearing glasses. The lenses tint everything you see, and if they’re blue, everything has a blue hue. No matter how much you...

  A Choice to Embrace Something Better Imagine living in a world powered by kerosene lamps, iceboxes, and hand-cranked tools. Then, one day,...

  Imagine for a moment what it takes to become a citizen of the United States. The process is rigorous—time, effort, and commitment are requ...

  STOP — Hebrews 1:5-14 Summary The author of Hebrews provides a contrast between Jesus and the angels to demonstrate that Jesus is superior...

  {Judges 17:6; ESV} In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.  The book of Judges is the acco...

{Ephesians 2:19-22; NLT}  So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. ...

One of my favorite stories in the Gospels is the story of the Rich Young Ruler (Matthew 19:16-30; Mark 10:17-31; Luke 18:18-30). I like ...

Jesus asked us to pray: "Your kingdom come..." May we continue to pray for the coming of God's Kingdom and may we yield our ...