So many thoughts run through your head throughout your life. But, one of those “thoughts” (maybe more) are more than thoughts. It becomes a passion, a desire. I have had several “thoughts” coming up through high school and somewhat college. I have had church planting going through my head. I have had pastoring go through [...]

“For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed, by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that from Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry [...]

Last night, John continued in 1 Peter and preached on chapter 2, verses 4-8. I want to share some of my thoughts on verses 7-8. They can be kind of tricky, or hard to understand, because of the mystery of God. We will never know the full details of the salvation process. Why? Because we [...]

We all love to be in a community of some kind. Well, at least I hope most of everyone does. Sure, there are times where you want to be alone, but I am not talking about being in a community 24/7 necessarily. I am talking about something actually greater. I am talking about a community [...]

Whatever happened to preaching the Gospel and actually talking about salvation, and getting down and dirty and talking about Hell and sin. Hell is a real place.  (Yes, you can go too far sometimes, there are extremes on both sides.) So many pastors nowadays feel like it’s not important to talk about sin, and some [...]