MARRIAGE REBOOT
Jesus is being followed by hundreds and hundreds of people. The religious leaders became nervous. They wanted to hurt his popularity. They approach Jesus and try to trap Him by asking a question about an emotionally charged subject, divorce. Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce […]
FAMILY PAIN, FAMILY FORGIVENESS
It is summer! Schedules are off, there is more time together and is sometimes filled with fun and laughter, sometimes with conflict and hurt. It is fairly easy to slide into toxic patterns individually and as families. There are many families that have been living in a cycle of hurt and withdrawal, they have let […]
THE GOSPEL SATURATED LIFE
The Sermon on the Mount is the longest recorded sermon in Scripture by Jesus. He raises the bar of Kingdom living to a point where you cannot live it out apart from Him. The point is that you do not have what it takes, you cannot live the Christian life all by yourself.The […]
Greatness in the Kingdom
There is an enemy of humanity, Satan, whose purpose is to kill, steal, and destroy. Jesus has introduced a new kingdom with values and ethics that lead to His glory, our good and human flourishing. How do we live in the fallen, compromised kingdom of darkness as citizens of the kingdom of God according to […]
Biblical Manhood
There is a movement racing across our culture trying to erase gender. How do we live in this cultural moment of gender confusion? What does it mean to be a man? Masculinity is a gift. Men are not men because of what they have done but because “God said…and it was so.” Teenage boys need […]
Jesus Woman
Why do the values of Jesus not mix with the feminist ideology of the kingdom of this world? Feminism at its core is a worldly ideology that focuses on gaining equality between men and women in all domains of life, work, home, sexuality, and law. Feminism claims that women are not equal with men until […]
A Kingdom Vision for Marriage
Love, romance, and hope are all words that come to mind when you think about marriage. They are the foundation of marriage going all the way back to the first marriage in the garden. However, Genesis 3 happened, and our marriages are not in the garden anymore. Matthew 19 narrates a situation that occurred at […]