When does a boy become a man?

If you’re a person who lives your life in the scriptures, and in God’s presence, seeking to live out his will on earth, hopefully you’ve noticed that, all around us, maturity is vanishing. Our culture prizes youth and youthfulness in almost every...

Jesus, Being Real About Our World

Last night we took some time to pray for those of us who are heading back to school soon, and then to look at a particular teaching of Jesus that provides help we need in these times. Here are the notes: In Matthew 10:1-4, Jesus gathers his inner circle of 12...

Does the Spirit make us win?

What does the Holy Spirit really do in our lives? Among some of the largest, most popular and youth-oriented churches today, it is popular to talk about the Holy Spirit as if He is God’s way of giving us lives of beauty and victory as much as possible. You know...