Radical Discipleship

Radical Discipleship

Two flight attendants were called into the cockpit of a small passenger jet. The captain told them that the jet would soon crash and they needed to hand out parachutes, but do so in an orderly manner. The first flight attendant gave the parachute to their first...
God’s Invitation

God’s Invitation

What is your favorite dinner? Though I enjoy many things, I’d say I would probably like pizza or Mexican the best. But I like all kinds of different foods.  Jesus’ parable of the ‘Great Banquet’ in Luke 14:16-24 is a story about God’s great salvation....
Why are people lost?

Why are people lost?

When I was growing up I played a game by myself. We had a finished basement and sometimes I would have all the lights on. Then at the top of the stairs I would turn the lights off, one-by-one, as I walked back to the back corner into my bedroom. Then I turned off my...
Be a Humble Servant

Be a Humble Servant

In 2009 ABC premiered a new reality TV series, Shark Tank. It highlights entrepreneurs making business presentations to a panel of investors or “sharks” who decide whether to invest in their company. Now in it’s 13thseason, the show highlights the good and bad of...
Beware of Worry

Beware of Worry

What gives you the most worry? We can worry about so many different things. I heard of a man who had a mountain of credit card debt, lost his job, his car was being repossessed and his house was in foreclosure. But he said “I’m not worried about it. I hired a...
Beware of Covetousness

Beware of Covetousness

What is covetousness? It is wanting something you don’t have and which God has not give you. Paul says it is “the love of money” (1 Timothy 6:10). It is also the last of the Ten Commandments: “Thou shalt not covet…” (Exodus 20:17). We might call it...