I’m not sure if it’s the way that phones are organized and brilliantly designed. I’m not sure if it’s the chemicals in our brain or just the common lack of self-control, but for a lot of us, when we get too close to certain devices, we end up going too far. We end up looking at more things than we originally intended. We’re just going to glance...
I don’t want to talk to you about the explicitly bad things of the internet. Pornography is a huge problem that’s affected my life and many of yours; we’re not going to talk about that today. The toxic trolls in the comments section deserve to be excommunicated from the internet; we’re not going to talk about that today. There’s fake news and...
Did you know our church leadership was kind of panicking when we pushed the button to start the second morning service? It’s just that we had some amazing volunteers, but we didn’t have enough volunteers, and we thought we needed new ushers, new greeters, new people at the cafe, core kids, technology, sound, and lights. We didn’t know if we could...
One of the toughest times, I think, to be a good friend is when one of your friends cheats or is cheated on. There’s just something about that situation, that sin, that rattles even the strongest connections. As friends, we want to be there with the love of Jesus, the light of Jesus, but when one of your friends has chosen to cheat, or their...
There was a man, and a true story, or let’s call him Bill. That was not his name. Bill spent most of his life avoiding the subject of death. He refused to go to a doctor out of fear that he might receive a terminal diagnosis. He would not make a will because he thought that would be a bad omen. He refused to buy life insurance or burial plots, and...
You know, I wonder how many times you have heard from medical experts or medical amateurs these words: «You need to drink more water.» «Do you drink enough water?» «How many glasses of water do you drink a day?» «Be sure to drink plenty of water.» Why? Because next to breathing, water is the most important substance of life. Again, I’m not trying...
Some of you have read the book «The Tale of Two Cities.» Some of you have heard of it. And today I want to talk to you about the tale of two trees. One of those trees grows in the Middle East; the other grows in the tropics. The tree that grows in the Middle East looks like—notice I said looks like—an olive tree. It looks like an olive tree, but...
I believe if there is one affliction, one affliction that all of us, everyone at the sound of my voice, is susceptible or prone to, it will be this: stress. Stress. Well, how do I define stress? It is our response to physical, mental, emotional, and even spiritual pressures or demands that are placed on us that we feel in life. When we get...
In our modern urban society, we can live our whole lives without seeing a sheep or a shepherd, except on television and probably for kids in a petting zoo. Today, that concept of a sheep and shepherd is so alien that we see it as something quaint, something of an ancient relic. So much so that now some pastors are telling their congregations, «Do...
We all know that doors and gates are very important in our lives. We don’t think about them, but they are very, very important to us. But in a moment, I’m going to tell you about a door. Consider how many times we think about or mention the term «door.» You know, how many times we go in and out of doors throughout the day. How many times do we...
Next
Back