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When Football and Faith Collide: Keep Your Helmet On!

When Football and Faith Collide: Keep Your Helmet On!

ver felt the feelings of shame, disbelief, anger, frustration after a major screw up? Made a choice or a mistake that you “shouldn’t make?” I know the answer is yes, so I will go ahead and ask the follow up question: How did you respond? Did you jump right up and run back to the huddle, or did you send your helmet soaring? 

Lord Have Mercy: 8 Fascinating Lessons About God’s Merciful Heart

Lord Have Mercy: 8 Fascinating Lessons About God’s Merciful Heart

Unfortunately, mercy is one of those words that most Christ followers have heard so often that it has become a bit tired & cliché. But when we understand the full reality of God’s mercy and our desperate need for it, our hearts cannot help but grow in love for Jesus. Here we examine the “parable of the prodigal son” and discover life-altering lessons about God’s merciful heart!

Servanthood Lessons from a Texas Winter

Servanthood Lessons from a Texas Winter

In serving others, we choose to invest our time and energy, assets that could be used to further our own interests, in God’s purposes and Kingdom. Time that we might otherwise use for earning income, networking, socializing or being entertained is poured out on others as an expression of love for both Jesus and the ones we serve. And as with most things in God’s economy, the rewards far outweigh the sacrifice.

Poor in Spirit:
The Blessing of “I Can’t”

Poor in Spirit:
The Blessing of “I Can’t”

In short, to be “poor in spirit” means to see ourselves as we really are before God. It is a recognition that we inherently have nothing that would commend us to Him, that we are spiritually bankrupt and destitute. We have no claim on His mercy. He owes us nothing. We deserve nothing but hell, and we can’t do anything about that reality on our own. And Jesus says we are “blessed” when we realize that fact.

The Sermon on the Mount:
Tend Your Garden

The Sermon on the Mount:
Tend Your Garden

For years, the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) was one of the most difficult passages of Scripture for me to read. The reason had nothing to do with an inability to understand the message that Jesus is sharing. His words are quite clear. No, my issue had everything to do with being completely overwhelmed by His teachings and feeling condemned to failure before I even started.

Oh Ye of Little Faith

Oh Ye of Little Faith

Since all of the professionals have told me that you should always begin a blog post with a brief summary statement of your topic, here ya go: Without faith it is impossible to please God, but without consistent, meaningful encounters with God, it is impossible to keep the faith.