How to Ruin Your Witness & Damage Your Testimony

Before Jesus returned to heaven, He left us with instructions. “Go and make disciples.” For two-thousand years Christ-followers have been doing that. But there is a right way and a wrong way to go about it. We are Christ’s ambassadors and witnesses of the gospel to the rest of the world. The way we live … Continue reading How to Ruin Your Witness & Damage Your Testimony

Word of the Year – Setting Your Focus for the New Year

Are you a New Year’s Resolution maker? Do you make yourself a promise at the beginning of each year and hope you'll stick to it? That used to be me. I would start the year with grand intentions and I would fall flat by February. The all-or-nothing, pass-or-fail approach of a New Year’s Resolution didn’t … Continue reading Word of the Year – Setting Your Focus for the New Year

Regardless of What Happens Next

If elections teach us anything, it is that we cannot put our hopes in any human being. Our candidate may lose and crush our hopes, or he may win and fail to live up to them. After all, he is only human. During the ugliness of this election and the uncertainty of what the country … Continue reading Regardless of What Happens Next

Flourishing as a Foreigner

It’s hard to live a life that glorifies God when we're surrounded by godlessness. The Biblical foundation that once defined American life has been pushed aside. God has been kicked out of the government, out of the schools, and even out of the homes of many people in this nation. Each election cycle policies are … Continue reading Flourishing as a Foreigner